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HITCHCOCK'S 

CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD 



OF THE 



AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 



GIVING 



EVERY EVENT IN THE ORDER OF ITS OCCURRENCE, 



FEOM 



IS'OVEMBER 8th, 1860, TO JUNE 3d, 1865. 

ALSO, A COMPLETE LIST OF 

VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. 



NEW YORK: 

BENJAMIN W. HITCHCOCK, 

14 CHAMBERS S T R !•: E T . 
18G8. 



CHKONOLOGY. 



1860. 

Nov. 8. Tlic flection of Abraliam Lin- 
coln iiiul IlaiiuilKil Ilamliri, as President 
anil Viec I're.siileiit of the United States, 
was aiinonnci'd at \\'ashington. 

9-11. James ('liesnut, Jr., and James 11. 
Hammond, U. S. Senators from South Car- 
olina, resii^ned their seals in the Senate. 

Dec. 3. Tlie Second Session of the 36th 
Conj^'ress opened at Washington. 

10. U. S. Ilonse of Representatives ap- 
pointed a Committee of 33 on the State of 
the Union. 

10. Howell Cobb, of Geor<;-ia, Secretary 
of the U, S. Treasurj', resigned his oflice. 
Jolin A. Dix, of N^ew York, was appointed 
his successor. 

14. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Secretary 
of State, resigned. 

17. Meeting of the South Carolina Stat« 
Convention at Columbus, and adjournment 
to Charleston. 

20. The South Carolina " Ordinance of 
Secession " passed. 

23. Discovery of a large embezzlement 
of the Indian Trust Funds, in charge of 
Jacob Thompson. Secretary of the Depart- 
ment of the interior. 

24. Resignation of the South Carolina 
Representatives in Congress. 

25. Intervention of citizens of Pitts- 
burg'u, PiX., to prevent the removal to the 
Soutii of ordmince in Alleghany Arsenal. 

26. Major Anderson removed his com- 
mand from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. 

26. Messrs. Barnwell, Orr, and Adams, 
Conmiissioners appointed by South Caro- 
lina to treat with the Federal Goverimient, 
arrived at Washington. 

27. Ca])tain N. L. Coste, U.S.R. service, 
in command of the cutter William Aiken, 
betrayed his vessel into the hands of the 
State authorities of Soutli Carolina. 

28. The i)almetto flag was raised over 
the custom-Iiouse and post-office in Charles- 
ton, S. C, and Castle Pinckney and Fort 
Moidtrie were occupied by the South Car- 
olina military. 

28. Enthusiastic Union meeting at Mem- 
phis, Tenn. 

28. Twenty-one guns were fired at Wil- 



mington, Del., in honor of Major Anderson 
and liis men. 

29. John B.Floyd resigned his position 
as Secretar}^ of War. 

30. South Carolina troops took posses- 
sion of the U.S. Arsenal at Charleston, con- 
taining numy thousand stand of arms and 
valuable military stores. 

18G1. 

Jan. 2. Gov. Ellis, of North Carolina, 
dispatched troops to seize Fort Macon, the 
forts at Wilmington, and the U.S. Arsenal 
at Fayette vi lie. 

3. Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, Ga., taken 
possession of by Georgia troops, by order 
of the Governor. 

3. South Carolina Commissioners left 
Washington for Charleston, the President 
declining to receive any official comnjuni- 
cation from them. 

4. United States Arsenal at lilobile seized 
by secessionists. No defence. 

4. Fast day, by prcjclanuition of Presi- 
dent Buchanan, 

4. Fort Morgan, at the entrance of Mo- 
bile Bay, taken and garrisoned by 200 Al. 
abama troops. 

5. Steamship Star of the West sailed 
from New York with troops and provisions 
for Fort Sumter. 

7. Meeting of Alabama State Conven- 
tion. 

7. Meeting of Mississippi State Conven- 
tion. 

7. Meeting of Virginia Legislature. 

7. Meeting of Tennessee Legislature. 

8. Jacob Thompson resigned his place in 
the Cabinet, as Secretary of the Interior. 

8. Unite(l States sub-Treasury at Char- 
leston seized. 

9. Mississippi Ordinance of Secession 
passed. 

9. Steamship Star of the West, with 
supplies for Fort Sumter, tired into from 
Moriis' Island and Fort Moultrie, ;ind driv- 
en from Charleston harbor. 

11. Louisiana State tri^ps, under Cap- 
tain Bradford, took possession of the U.S. 
marine hospital, two miles below New Or- 
leans, and ordered the removal of the pa 
tients, 216 in number. 



THE AVAR FOE THE UNION. 



Feb. 18G1. 



Jan. 11. Florida Convention adopted an 
Ordinance of Secession l)j' a vote of 02 to 7. 

11. Alabama Convention adopted an Or- 
dinance of Secession bj- a vote of 61 to 39. 

11. Abolition meeting at Rochester, N. 
Y., broken up by a mob. 

1 2. Senator Seward's great Union speech 
in the U.S. Senate. 

12. Fort Barrancas and the Navy Yard 
at Pensacola, Fla., seized by rebel troops. 

15. Col. Ilayne, Commissioner from 
South Carolina to Washington, demanded 
the withdrawal of the garrison of Fort 
Sumter. 

15. U. S. coast survey schooner Dana 
seized b\- Florida State authorities. 

18. Massachusetts Legislature unani- 
mously tendered to the President of the U.S. 
such aid in men and money as he might re- 
quest to maintain the authority of the gen- 
eral government. 

19. Convention of Georgia adopted a se- 
cession ordinance bj' a vote of 208 to 89. 

21. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, with- 
drew from U.S. Senate. 

24. U. S. arsenal at Augusta, Ga., sur- 
rendered to the State authorities. 

26. Louisiana Convention passed an or- 
dinance of secession by a vote of 113 to 1*7. 
The popular vote afterwards taken was 
20,448 for; 17,296 against. 

29. L'. S. revenue cutter Robert McClel- 
land, Captain Breshwood, surrendered to 
State of Louisiana. 

29. Secretary Dix's dispatch to Hemphill 
Jones at New Orleans, " If any one attempts 
to haul down the American flag, shoot hiiii 
on the spot." 

31. South Carolina authorities offered to 
buy Fort Sumter. 

31. U. S. branch mint and custom-house 
at New Orleans seized by State authorities. 

Feb. 1. Texas Convention at Galveston 
passed an ordinance of secession, to be 
voted on by the peojile on the 23d of Feb- 
ruary, and to take elfeet March 2. 

1. U. S. I'evenue cutter Lewis Cass, Capt. 
Morrison, surrendered to the State of Lou- 
isiana. 

4. A convention of delegates from the se- 
ceded States cn-ganized at Montgomery', Al- 
abama ; Howell Cobb, President, J. F. 
Hooper, Secretary. 

6. Peace Convention at "Washington or- 
ganized ; John Tyler, of Va., Chairman, J. 
C. Wright, of Ohio, Secretary. 

8. Congress at Montgomery adopted a 
Constitution for a provisional government, 
to go into immediate operation ; Jefferson 
Davis, President, Alex. H. Stephens, Vice 
President. 

8 U. S. arsenal at Little Rock, Ark., 

2 



with 9,000 stand ot arms and 40 cannon, 
Ac, was surrendered to State authorities. 

13. The election of Lincoln and Hamlin, 
as President and Y. President of the U. S., 
formally declared in the Senate by John C. 
Breckinridge. Y. President. 

18. Jefferson Davis inaugurated as Pres- 
ident of the Southern Confederacy. 

22. John Ross, principal Cherokee Chief, 
rejected a proposition of Gov. H. M. Rec- 
tor, of Ark., to entice his nation to take 
part m the rebellion. 

23. Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President 
elect, arrived in Washington. 

23. U. S. property to a great amount, 
together with the various armj' posts in 
Texas, surrendered to the rebels by Gene- 
ral Twiggs. Property valued at $1,500,000, 
besides buildings. 

27. Peace Convention, at Washington, 
submitted to the Senate a ])lan of adjust- 
ment «f the national difficulties, involving 
seven amendments to the Constitution. 

March 1. General Twiggs expelled 
from the army of the United States. 

2. Revenue cutter Dodge seized in Gal- 
veston Bay by Texas authorities. 

4. Abraham Lincoln inaiigm-atcd 16th 
President of the U. S., at Washington. 

4. A State Convention declared Texas 
out of the Union. 

5. Gen. P. T. Beauregard took command 
of the forces investing Fort Sumter, S. C. 

6. Fort Brown, Texas, surrendered to 
State troops. 

18. Suj)plies cut off from Fort Pickens 
and the i'ederal fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, 
by rebel authorities at Pensacola. 

20. Sloop Isabel, at Pensacola, with pro- 
vision for the P'ederal fleet, was seized by 
the rebels. 

21. Great speech of A. II. Stephens, V. 
President of the Southern Confederacy, at 
Savannah, Ga. 

30. Mississippi State Convention ratified 
the Constitution of the C. S.,' by a vote of 
78 to 7. 

April 3. South Carolina Convention 
ratified the Constitution of the C. S. by a 
vote of 114 to 16. 

10. Militia organized in District of Col- 
umbia for defence of the capital. 

11. Steamship Coatzacoalcos arrived in N. 
York, bringing Federal troops from Texas. 

11. Confederate States Commissioners left 
Washington. 

12. Attack on Fort Sumter. 

12. Reinforcement of Fort Pickens. 

14. Evacuation of Fort Sumter. 

15. Seventeen vessels from Southern 
ports, without U. S. clearances, were seized 
at New York and fined $100 each. 



April, 18GI. 



CHUOXOLOGY. 



15. President's proclamiition, calling for 
VS.UOO volunteers to suppress insurrection, 
iuul also calling an extra session of U. S. 
CcngrciS on July i. 

10. The government of the Southern Con- 
federacy called for 32,UO0 men. 

1(). New York Legislatui'e appropriated 
^.'J,UO(i,(MHt lor war purposes. 

1(). At New York, I'liiladelphia, Trenton 
and otiicr j>la'es, journals were eoiiipelled 
to display the American Hag. 

17. State Convention of Va., in secret 
session, passed an ordinance of secession. 

18. 500 voluntcei-s from I'entisylvania, 
and 300 regulars, arri\ed at AVashington. 

18. Lieut. Jones, in charge of Harper's 
Ferry arsenal, hearing of the advance of a 
large Virginia force to seize the establish- 
ment, set tire to it, and retreated to Car- 
lisle, Pa. 

18. Great Union meeting !it Wheeling, 
Va. 

19. Seizure of the U. S. transport Star 
of the West, at Indiauola, by Texas troops 
under Col. Van )>orn. 

11). Sixth Massachusetts regiment on its 
way to Washington, attacke<l by a mob in 
Baltimore, and 3 killed and 7 wounded. In 
defending themselves, 7 rebels were killed 
and 8 wounded. 

19. T)ie N. Y. 7th militia, Mass. 4th and 
8th militia, and li. I. Providence Artillery 
left New York on their way to Washington. 

19. Clearances refused to vessels in 
northern ports to ports south of Mar^dand. 

20. Eighth Mass. regiment reached An- 
napolis, Md. 

'20. Great Union mass meeting of citizens 
in Union Square, N. Y. 

20. 600 kegs of gunpowder, destined for 
New Orleans, seized by the U. S. Marshal 
at New York. 

21. American Flag publicly buried at 
Memphis, Tenn. 

20. U. S. arsenal at Liberty, Mo., seized. 

20. Steamship Star of the West, having 
been seized by secessionists, was taken into 
New Orleans. 

20. The ports of South Carolina, Geor- 
gia, Alabama, Florida, Slississippi, Louisi- 
ana, and Texas ordered to be blockaded by 
the President, as those States were in a 
state of insurrection against the govern- 
ment. 

20. Bridges on Pennsylvania Northern 
and Philadelphia railwa}', near Baltimore, 
burned by a mob from that city. 

21. Gosport Navy Yard, opposite Nor- 
folk, Va., set on fire, and vessels scuttled 
and sunk, by U. S. officers in charge, to 
prevent their seizure by the rebels. 

21. Branch Mint of the U. S. at Char- 



K)lte. N. C, seized by order of the Gover- 
nor of that State. 

21. Philadelphia and Baltimore railway 
taken possession of by U.S. government. 

21. The N. Y. fith. Pith, and 71st, and 
one K. 1. and one Mass. regiment, with a 
battery, left New York on transports for 
the Chesapeake. 

21. Fourth Mass. regiment arrived at 
Fort res* Monroe. 

21. Andrew Johnson, U. S. Senator from 
Tennessee, mobbed at Lynchburg. Va. 

22. U. S. arsenal at Fayetteville, N. C, 
containing 37,000 stand of arms, 3,000 kegs 
of powder, and a large quantity of shot and 
sliell, seized by State authority. 

22. r>ei)ot of U. S stores at Napoleon, 
Ark , seized under orders of Henry M. Bee- 
tor, Governor of that State. 

22 3,200 Pennsylvania troops at Cock- 
ej'sville, 14 miles from Baltimore. 

22. Seventh N. Y. regiment land at An- 
napolis, Md. 

23. N. Y. 8th, 13th. 28th, and P.Qth regi- 
imiMits embarked for W^ashington. 

22. Embargo laid, by the Maj'or and 
Police Board of Baltimore, on provisions 
and steamboats, thus withholding the gov- 
ernment stores in that city. 

23. First South Carolina regiment left 
Charleston for the Potomac. 

24. Fort Smith. Ark., seized by a rebel 
force under Col. Borland. 

24. N. Y. 7th and Mass. 8th arrived in 
Washington. 

23. A large amount of arms removed to 
Alton, 111., from St. Louis arsenal, by Illi- 
nois volunteers, to prevent their seizure by 
rebels. 

25. Col. Van Dorn, of Texas State troops, 
captured 450 U. S. troops at Saluria. 

25. Transport Empire City, from Texas, 
arrived in N.Y.with 600 men of the 3d Infan- 
try and 2d Cavalry, U.S.A., from tliat State. 

25 Gov. Letcher, of Va,, by proclama- 
tion, transferred that Commonwealth to the 
Southern Confederacy. 

26. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, bj' procla- 
mation, prohibited the payment of all debts 
to Northern creditors till the end of hos- 
tilities. 

26. Bridges over Gunjiowder Creek, on 
Philadelphia and Baltimore railway, and 
bridge over Bush river, on the same route, 
destroyed by the rebels. 

26. Gov. Burton, of Delaware, issued a 
proclamation calling for volunteers to de- 
fend the Union. 

27. Military Department of Washington 
assigned to Col. Jlansticld ; Department of 
Annapolis to Gen. Butler; Departn ent of 
Pennsylvania to Maj-Gen. Patterson. 



THE WAR FOK THE UXIO?f, 



May, 1861. 



April 27. Five men arrested at the 
Na\y Varu, Wasliint^ton. for filling boiub- 
slielis with sand and sawdust. 

27. A number of Southerners employed 
in the Departments at Wnshin<;-ton, refused 
the oath of allegiance jirescribed by the 
Government, and resigned. 

27. Tlie porta of Virginia and North 
Carolina were included in the blockade by 
the President. 

28. U. S. frigate Constitution arrived at 
New York from Annapolis. 

29. Secession defeated in Maryland 
House of Delegates by a vote of 63 to 1 3. 

29. EUswortli's Fire Zouaves left IS'ew 
York for Annapolis. 

?9. Daily communication between Balti- 
more and riiiladelphia re-established. 

May 1. Brig, (i en. Harney addressed a 
strong Union letter to his friends in Mis- 
souri. 

2. N. Y. 69th (Irish) regiment arrived at 
"Washington. 

2. Col. F. P. Blair, Jr., announced that 
the four regiments called for from the State 
©f Missouri, by thi' President, were enrolled, 
armed, and mustered into the service within 
one week from the call. 

3. Gov. Jackson, of Missouri, in a mes- 
sage to the I^'gislature, recommended arm- 
ing the State, and a union of synip;,thy 
and destiny with the slaveholding States. 

3. Four New Jersey regiments, fully 
equipped, under General Runyon, started 
for the seat of WMr. 

3. President Lincoln issued a proclama- 
tion calling into service 4'i,0(J0 volun- 
teers f(jr thiee years, and directing the in- 
crease of the regular army and navy of the 
United States. 

3. Privateer Savannah captured by the 
U. S. brig Perry. 

4. Steamship Star of the "West was put 
into commission as the receiving ship of 
tlie Confederate navy, at New Orleans. 

5. Brig. -Gen. Butler, with Oth Massathu- 
setts and !Sth New York regiments, took 
possession of the Relay House, at the junc- 
tion of the Baltimore, Washington and 
Ohio railways, nine miles south of Balti- 
more. 

6. The six regiments called for from In- 
diana, w'ere mustered into service in one 
week from date of the call. 

6. "Virginia admitted into the Southern 
Confederacy- in secret session of Confeder- 
ate Congress. 

6. Police Commissioners of St. Louis, 
Mo., demanded of Capt. Lyon the removal 
of U. S. troops from all places and build- 
ings occupied bj- them in that city outside 
tie Arsenal grounds. 



6. City military of Baltimore disbanded 
by order of Major Trimble, commander. 

6. Confederate States Congress recog- 
nized war with United States, and author- 
ized issue of letters of marque and reprisal. 

6. Legislature of Arkansas passed an un- 
conditional ordinance of secession, 69 to 1. 

7. Major Anderson, w^ith consent of Sec.- 
of-War, accepted command of Kentucky 
state military. 

7. Serious riot at Knoxville, Tenn., 
caused by hoisting a Union flag. 

7. League between Tennessee authorities 
and Confederate States. 

7. The late U. S. garrison of Fort Davis, 
Texas, consisting of 11 ofhcers and 300 
men, made prisoners of war by a force of 
1,800 rebels near Eastonville. They all re- 
fused to enlist in the rebel army. 

9. U. S. troops landed at Locust Point, 
in Baltimore, and were conveyed by the 
Bait, and Ohio branch railroad through the 
city. 

9. The Confederate Congress authorized 
President Da^ is to raise such force for the 
war as he should deem expedient. 

9. U. S. ships Cumberland, Pawnee, Mo.n- 
ticello and Yankee enforcing the blockade 
off Fortress Monroe. 

9. Steamers Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
Powhatan and Mount Vernon, armed by 
U. S. Government, and cruising on the 
Potomac. 

9. Virginians have batteries in Norfolk 
harbor, at Craney Island, Sandy Point, the 
IIosi)ital, Fort Norfolk, and the Bluffs, 
three miles from the Hospital. 

10. Maj.-Gen. R. E. Lee appointed to 
command the rebel forces in Virginia. 

10. Maj.-Gen. McClellan appointed to 
conmiand the Department of Ohio. 

10. The President directed that all offi- 
cers in the army should take anew the oath 
of allegiance to the United States. 

10. The secession military, under Gen. 
Frost, at St. Louis, ^lo., surrendered to 
Ca])t. Lyon, commanding V. S. forces. A 
mob assailed the U. S. military after the 
surrender, and were fired on by them a»d 
man}' killed and wouirded. 

id. The AVinans steam gun captured by 
Gen. Butler, three miles from the Relay 
House, Md. 

10. The Maryland Legislature passed a 
resolution imploring the President of the 
United States to cease the present war. 

11. U. S. steam frigate Niagara off 
Charleston, S. C, and began the blockade 
of that port. 

11. (ien. Harney issued a proclamation 
exhorting the people of Missouri, to main- 
tain peace, and announced his determination 



May, 18G1. 



CnUONOLOliY, 



to use tlie authority of the Government for 
that 'purpose. 

11. A company of Home Guards, at St. 
Louis. Mo., mo.'^tly (iernian, were tired on 
by a mob, and returned the fire. Tliree of 
the Guards and 4 of the citizens were killed. 

13. Tlie Gth Mass. and 8th N. Y. regi- 
ments, under (xon. Butler, occupied Federal 
Hill, near Baltimore. 

13. Convention of Union delegates from 
86 counties in W. Virginia, met in Wheel 
ing. 

13. A lady from New Haven, ronn., 
teacher of a Grammar School in New Or- 
leans, denuded, tarred and feathered in La- 
fayette Square, amid an immense crowd of 
people, being accused of expressing aboli- 
tion sentiments. 

14. Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, issued a 
proclamation, calling for four regiments of 
troops, to serve witiiin Maryland, or for 
the defence of the capital of the United 
States. 

14. Gen. Butler seized a large quantity 
of arms stored in Baltimore, and a schooner 
loaded with arms. 

15. A proclamation of neutrality with 
respect to the civil war in the U. S. was 
issued by Queen Victoria, in which the 
subjects of Great Britain were forbidden to 
take part in the contest, or endeavor to 
break a blockade " lawfully and effectually 
established." 

15. The town of Potosi, Washington co., 
Mo., taken possession of by U. S. troops, 
and rebel prisoners and munitions of war 
taken to St. Louis. 

16. Gen. Butler appointed Maj.-Gen. of 
Volunteers. 

18. Arkansas admitted to the Southern 
Confederacy. 

18. Military Department of Virginia or- 
ganized, embracing E. Virginia, N. Caro- 
lina and Tennessee, Maj.-Gen. Butler in 
command. 

18. John Rosg, principal Cherokee Chief, 
m two admirable letters rejects the efforts 
of the rebels in Arkansas to draw his nation 
into rebellion. 

19. Shots exchanged between U. S. 
steamers Freeborn and Monticello, and the 
rebel batterj' at Sewall's Point, Va. 

19. Eight thousand rebel troops at Har- 
per's Ferry. 

20. Death of Col. Vosburgh, N. Y. Tlst, 
at AVashington. 

20. Seizure by the Government of prin- 
cipal telegraph offices throughout the free 
States, and of the accumulated dLspatclies 
for twelve months. 

20. Ordinance of secession, and ordin- 
ance assenting to the Confederate Constitu- 



tion passed b}' North Carolina State Con- 
vention. 

20. Seizure of 1,600 muskets and 4,000 
pikes by Federal troops in Baltimore. 

20. (ien. Cadwallader, successor to Gen, 
Butler, occupied Federal llill, Baltimore. 

20. Fort Mclloiiry reinforced. 

2ii. Prize shi}) Gen. Parkhill, of Liver- 
pool, arrived at Philadelphia, with a crew 
from the frigate Niagara. 

2 1 Confederate Congress at Montgomery 
adjourned to meet at Richmond, July 20. 

22. Erection of rebel batteries at Aquia 
Creek. 

22. Maj. Gen. Butler arrived at Fortress 
Moni'oe. 

22. Fort at Ship Island, Miss., destroyed 
to prevent its falling into rebel hands. 

22. Steamer J. C. Swan, 30 miles below 
St. Louis, seized by order of Gen. Lyon. 

22. Five thousand pounds of lead seized 
at Ironton, Mo., cv. ronl.e for the South. 

23. Strong secession speech by A. H. 
Stephens, at Atlanta, (Ja. 

23. A batter}^ of Whitworth guns, 12- 
pounders, arrived in N. Y. city, a present 
to the Government from patriotic Ameri- 
cans abroad. 

23. At t'larksburgh, Harrison co., Va., 
two companies of secession troops surren- 
dered their arms and dispersed at the de- 
mand of Union eomijanies under Capts. 
Moore and Vance. 

24. All vessels from the Northern States 
at New Orleans, which arrived after the 
nth iiist., were seiz<3d by the Confederate 
States Marshal. 

24. Jeff. Davis appointed the ISth of June 
to be observed as a day of fasting and 
prayer. 

24. Thirteen thousand Union troops 
crossed the Potomac and entered Virginia, 
occupying Alexandria and Arlington 
Heights. 

24. Assassination of Col. Ellsworth, art; 
Alexandria, Va. 

25. Destruction oi seven bricfg-es and five 
miles of rails from Alexandria to Lees- 
burg, Va., by the C9th N. Y. S. M. 

26. Confederate i)rivateer Calhoun ar- 
rived at New Orleans with three whaling 
vessels and cargoes as prizes. 

26. Arrival of 600 U. S. troops at Ha- 
vana, from Texas. 

27. A writ of hahenx corpnx was issued 
at Baltimore, Md., by Chief Justice Taney, 
in the case of John Merryman. Gen. Cad- 
wallader declined surrendering him, and an 
attachment was issued for the C'Cneral's ar- 
rest, which was not served. 

27. U. S. steamer Brooklyn commenced 
tlie blockade «f tlie Mississippi river. 



niE WAli FOR THE UNION. 



Jnne, 1861. 



May 27. Brig.-Gen. McDowell took 
comiiiand of tliC Federal forces in Yirftinia. 

27. The blockade of Mobile, Ala., com- 
menced. 

28. Blockade of Savannah initiated by 
U. S. gunboat Union. 

28. Tiie rebels erected barricades at 
Harper's Ferry and Point of Ilocks; Ma- 
nassas Junction fortiiied. 

28. Strength of the Rebels in Virginia 
reported at 90,000 men. 

28. Jeff. Davis arrived at Richmond. 

28. Services of Miss D. L. Dix accepted 
by the War Dejtartmont, for organizing 
military hosjiitals, and j)rocuring nurses. 

29. Advance of Ohio and Pennsylvania 
troops tlirough ^laryland, towards Harper's 
Ferr}-; rebels fall back to Martinsburg. 

29. Federal troops occupied Grafton, Va. 

30. Concentration of Federal troops at 
Chambersburg, Pa. 

31. Steamers Freeborn and Anacosta 
attacked rebel batteries at Aquia (.'reck, Va. 

31. Gen. Harney superseded by Gen. 
Lyon in Missouri. 

31. Gens. Banks and Fremont commis- 
sioned as Major-Generals. 

ExGov. Pratt of Maryland, arrested and 
taken to Washington Navy Yard. 

June 1. Britisli Government prohib- 
ited U. S. and rebel armed vessels from 
bringing any prizes to British ports. 

1. Charge of U. S. cavalry at Fairf:ix 
Court House, Va., Lieut. Tompkins, com- 
manding. 

2. Federal batteries erected at the Rip 
Raps, near Fortress Monroe. 

2. Gen. Twiggs appointed Maj.-Gen. 
Confederate army. 

3. Gen. Beauregard took command of 
the rebel forces at Manassas Junction. 

3. Surprise of rebel troops at Philippi, 
Va., by U. S. forces under Cols. Dumont, 
Kell}- and Lander. Col. Kelly was severely 
wounded. 

3. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas died at Chi- 
cago. His dying message to his sons was, 
" Tell them to obey the laws and support 
the Constitution of the United States." 

3. Border State Convention met at 
Frankfort, Kj'. 

4. Chief-Justice Taney's protest pub- 
lished against the suspension of tlie /labcas 
corpnx by the President. 

6. Gun factory and arms of Merrill and 
Thomas, Baltimore, seized by U. S. Gov- 
ernment. 

6. Gov. Pickens, of S. C, forbade the re- 
mittance of funds to Northern creditors. 

6. Tiiirty-tive Virginia cavalry were cap- 
tured at Alexandria. They took the oath 
oi allegiance and were released. 

6 



6. Treasonable dispatches to the rebel 
Government discovered in the telegraph 
office at Washington, from Jas. E. llarvc}-, 
appointed minister to Portugal. 

6. Secession camp at Ellieott's Mills, Ky., 
ten miles from Cairo, broken uj) by troops 
sent from latter station by Gen. Prentiss. 

8. Bridges at Point of Rocks and Berlin, 
on llic Potomac river, burned by order of 
rebel Gen. Joimston. 

8. Sanitary Commission authorized and 
api)ointed by the Government. 

8. Four bridges on the Alexandria and 
Hampshire railwaj', Va,, burned by dis- 
union trooj)S. 

8. Gen. Patterson's troops marched from 
Chambersburg towards Harper's Ferry. 

8. Seizure of arms at Easton, Md., by U. 
S. troops from Annapolis. 

8. Vote of Tennessee reported in favor 
of secession. 

10. Gen. Banks assumed conmiand in 
Baltimore. 

10. Gov. Hai-ris, of Tenn., authorized the 
raising of troops for the rebel army. 

10. Repulse of Federal troops at Great 
Bethel, near Fortress Monroe. 

11. Surprise and rout of armed rebtk at 
Romney, Va., by Col. Wallace's Indiana 
regiment. 

12. Gov. Jackson, of Missouri, issued a 
proclamation calling 50,0(0 State militia 
into service, to protect the " lives, liberty 
and i)roperty of the citizens of the State." 

12. Meeting of W. Virginia State Con- 
vention at A\ heeling. They resolved to 
elect loyal State officers. 

13. Fast day in seceded States, by order 
of Pres. Davis. 

13. Skirmisli at Seneca Mills, on' tho 
Potomac, 28 miles above VVasliington, be- 
tween U. S. District Volunteers and rebel 
cavalry. 

14. Gen. J. A. Dix, of New York, ap- 
pointed Maj.-Gen. of U. S. Volunteers. 

14. Ilari)er's Ferry evacuated by the 
rebel forces, who destroyed all the avail- 
able property. 

14. Flight of Gov. Jackson and Gen. 
Price from Jetferson City, capital of Mis- 
souri. The telegraph lines and bridges 
destroyed by them on their route to 
Booneville. 

14. The great Union gun arrived at 
Fortress Monroe. 

14. Miss Dix and a number of nurses ar- 
rived at Fortress Monroe. 

14. Maryland election resulted in the 
triumph oi" all the Union candidates but 
Winter Davis. 

15. Mr. Woodall, of Baltimore, huug by 
rebels at Harper's Ferry. 



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15. Jeft'erson City, Mo., occujiied by U.S. 
troops, under (len. Lyon. 

10. Skirmisli ttt Seneca Mills, Md. Rebel 
cajitaiii and 2 men killed by Major Ever- 
ett's command. 

17. Skirmish at Edward's Fcrr}^ on the 
Potomac, between the 1st Peunsylvania 
regiment and a body of rebel.s. 

IV. Si.^c persons killed in St. Louis, by 
soldiers of Col. Kallman's regiment dis- 
ciiarging a volley at the Ilecordei's Court- 
building, in retaliation of a shot lirod into 
tlieir ranks. 

17. Surprise at Vienna, Va. Fir.st Ohio 
regiment tired into by a masked battery, 
8 killed, 6 wounded, 

17. VVestern Virginia Convention unan- 
imously declared their independence of the 
eastern section of the State. 

17. Rebel forces at Booiieville, Mo., de- 
feated by Gen. Lyon. 35 rebels killed or 
wounded, and 30 prisoners. Federal loss, 
2 killed and 8 wounded. A large quantity 
of arms and camp equipage captured. 

17. Gov. Hicks, of Md., in a message re- 
pelled the attempt of the Lej;islature to 
search his executive records for supposed 
correspondence with the Government. 

18. U.S. troops at Hagerstown and Wil- 
liarasport, Md., crossed the PotoiViac, under 
command of Gen. Patterson. 

18. First balloon ascension for U.S. mil- 
itary purposes, by Prof. Lowe, -at Wash- 
ington. 

18. Surprise of 800 Union Home Guards 
under Capt. Cook, at Camp Cole, Mo., by 
rebels from Warsaw. '25 killed, 52 wound- 
ed, 23 prisoners : 45 of the enemy killed or 
wounded. 

18. Thirty-five rebels, with arms and 
ammunition, captured at Liberty, Mo., by 
U.S. regulars from Kansas City. 

18. Railway bridge over New Creek, Va., 
burned by rebels from Romney. 

20. Senator Lane, of Kansas, appointed 
brigadier-generaL 

2(t. Gen. McClellan took command of 
the Federal army in Western Virginia. 

20. Cornelius Vandeibilt offered all the 
eteamships of the Atlantic and Pacific 
Steamship Com2iany, for the service of the 
Government. 

21. East Tennessee Union Convention 
held at Greenville. 

22. The exequator of Mr. Tra|)pman, 
Prussian Consul at Charleston, revoked by 
the President, for complicity with the reb- 
els. 

23. Balloon observations bj' Prof. Lowo, 
at Fails Church, Va. 

23. Forty-eight locomotives, and a large 
quantity of otlier railway proi)erty of the 

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Baltimo. e and Ohio railway, destroyed by 
rebels at ilartinsburgh, Va. 

2-4. Great fire in Rit'hmond, Va. 

24. Riot iu ililwaukee, Wis., occasioned 
by the banks refusing to receive on deposit 
certain bills ccmiprising un important part 
of the currency, and tlieir consequent de- 
preciation. 

24. Rebel batteries at Mathias Point, 
Va., shelled by U. S. steamers Pawnee and 
Freeborn. 

24. Engagement of U. S. steamer Monti- 
cello, with rebels, at Carter's Creek, Va. 

24. Secession of Tennessee i)roclaimed 
by Gov. Harris. Vote, 104,913 for, to 
47,238 ag'ainst. 

25. Virginia vote announced to be 
128,884 for, and 32,134 against secession. 

25. Western Virginia government recog- 
nized by the President. 

26. Address of the Sanitary Commis- 
sion to the citizens of the United States. 

2(5. Brilliant skirmish of Corp. Hayes 
and 12 men of Col. Wallace's Indiana regi- 
ment, scouting on J'alterson Creek, ild. 

27. John C. Fremont arr'ved at Boston 
from Liverpool, bringing a large quantity 
of arms for th'.- government. 

27. Marshal Kane, of Baltimore, arrested 
by order of Gen. Banks, and John R. Kenly 
appointed provost mar.slial. 

27. Engagement between gunboat Free- 
born and rebel batteries at Mathias Point. 
Captain Ward of the Fi-eeborn killed. 

27. Cols. Magruder and Hardee appoint- 
ed brigadier generals in Confederate arfny. 

27. East Tennessee Union Convention 
meet at Nashville. Hon. Thomas A. R, 
Nelson presiding. 

28. Skirmish at Shorter's Hill, Virginia^ 
Union loss, 1 killed and 1 wounded; rebel 
loss, 2 killed. 

29. Steamer St. Nicholas and three brigs 
captured by secessionists on the Chesa- 
peake. 

July 1. Gen. Banks arrested Messrs. 
Howard, Getchell, Hincks, and Davis, late 
members of Police Board, ]5altimore. 

1. Skirmish at P^armington, Mo. A large 
body of rebels routed by 50 Home Guaids, 
under Capt. Cooke. 

2. Rebels driven from Martin.sburgh, 
Va., by Abercrombie's brigade. Gen. Pat- 
terson's division. Union loss, 3 killed and 
10 wounded ; rebel loss, 30 killed and 
wounded, 20 prisoners. 

2. Organization of Virginia Legislature, 
at Wheeling. 

3. Gen. Lyon, with 2,000 Federal troops, 
left Booneville, Mo., for the southwest. 

3. Arkansas Military Board called out 
10,000 men to repel invasion. 



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July, 1861. 



July 4. U. S. Congress met in special 
session. 

4. Piisseiifjcr trains on Louisville and 
Nashville railway seized l)y rebels. 

4. Skinnisli at Harper's Ferry between 
N.Y. Otli ami rebels. Federal loss, 2 killed 
and 3 wounded. 

4. Rebel battery erected at Matliias 
Point, Va. 

4. Great Union meetinijat San Francisco. 
6. Battle at • 'artliai;e. Mo. Union forces, 

mder Col. Sii^el, 1,500; rebels. 4.000. 
Jnion loss. 13 killed and 31 wounded ; rebel 
loss. 250 killed and wounded. Successful 
retreat of vSi;j:el. 

5. Skirmish at New])ort News, Va., be- 
tween a detacluuent of Hawkins' Zouaves 
and rebels. 

4-7. U. S. steamer Soutli Carolina cap- 
tured or destroyed 11 vessel-; off Galveston. 

6. Weste7-n Military Deiiartment consti- 
tuted: Illinois, ami the Slates and Territo- 
ries west of the Mississi|)pi to the llocky 
Mountains, including New Mexico. Maj.- 
Gen. Fremont commanding. 

6. Skinnisli of 45 men, 3d Ohio, at Mid- 
dle Fork Bridge, 12 miles east of Bucklian- 
non, Va. 1 killed and 3 wounded of tlie 
Federals, and 7 rebels killed and wounded. 

7. " Infernal " machines detected floating 
in the Potomac. 

7. Skirmish at Great Falls, Va. ^Inyn- 
Gerhardt's 8tli German battalion have 2 
men killed. Several rebels killed. 

7. Congressman Vallandigliam assaulted 
in tjje camp of 2d Ohio regiment. 

8. Teleu:iMphie, dispatches of military op- 
erations placed under censorsliip. 

8. Skirmisli at Bcalington, Western Va., 
14th Ohio, and 7tli and 9th Indiana, and 
Col. Baniett's 1st Ohio battery. Rebels 
defeated with loss of 20 killed, 40 wounded ; 
Union loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded. 

10. Loan bill passed bj- House of Repre- 
Bentatives, au.thorizing the Secretary of the 
Treasury to borrow $250,000,000, redeem- 
able in 20 years. 

10. Postal service discontinued in Middle 
and West Tennessee. 

10. Bill authorizing $500,000,000 and 
and 500,000 volunteers, to suppress tlie re- 
bellion passed tlie Senate. 

10. Gen. Banks appointed George R. 
Dodge jiolice marshal of l>altiniore, vire 
Col. Kenly, and removed all the military 
to positions in the suburbs. 

10. House of Representatives empow- 
ered the Pi-esideut to close the ports of se 
ceded Siates. 

10. Skirmish at Monroe Station, Mo., he- 
tween Federal troojis, under Col. Smith, 
«id rebels, commanded bv Gen. Ilai-ris. 

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Rebels routed on the followhig day, aftei 
they had burned 25 railw.ay cars and sta 
tion liouse, by Union forces sent to I'elieve 
CoL Smith. Several Federals wounded; 
rel>el loss, 30 killed and wounded, .and 7'.' 
prisoners. 

10. Rebel GeneraFWise issued a procla- 
mation to citizens of Western Va., calling 
for volunteers, and offering pardon for past 
offences. 

10. Skirmish .it Laurel Hill, Va. Fede- 
ral troojjs under Cols. McCook and An- 
drews, rebels under Col. Pegram. Rebels 
defeated. Union loss 1 killed. 3 wounded. 

11. Ale.x. H. Stopliens' speech, at Au- 
gusta, Ga., defending secession, and solicit- 
ing contributions to aid tlie Confedei'acy. 

11. Tlie W(i/(; Joitrnn/. at St. Louis, Mo., 
sup, ressed by Gen. Lyon for disloyal sen- 
timents. 

11. Battle of Rich Mountain. Va. De 
feat of the rebels under Col. Pe-ram, 6C 
killed, 150 wounded, and 150 {irisoners. 
Capture of 20t) tents, GO wagons, ,0 (;annon, 
and other stores. Union loss 11 killed and 
35 wounded. 

12. Fight at Barboursvillc, Va. Six 
comjianies of Col. Woodruff's 2d Kentucky 
attack and defeat COO rebels. 1 Kentuck- 
ian and lu or 12 rebels killed. 

12. 600 rebels, under Col. Pegram, sur- 
rendered to Gen. McClellan, at Beverl}', Va. 

12. Twelve of Col. Bendi.t's N. Y. regi- 
ment caj)tured at Newport News. 

13. John B. Clark, of Mo., ex]ielled from 
the House of Representatives, having beeu 
found in arms against the G"vernn:ent. 

13. Great Union speech of Josepli Uolt, 
at Louisville, Ky. 

18. Battle of Carrick's Ford, Va., and' 
death of Gen. Garnett, rebel commander. 
Defeat and rout of tlie rebels, wiiii a loss 
of 150 killed and wounded, and 800 pi-ison- 
ers. Federal loss 13 killed, 40 wounded. 

15. Skirmish at Bunker Hill, Va. Rout 
of rebel ca\ airy by fire of R. I. battery. 
The rebels jjursued by 2d U S. cavalry. 

15. Peace meeting at Nyack, N. Y. 

16. Railway cars, containing Union 
troops, fired into at Millsville, Mo. 3 sol- 
diers killed, 7 wounded; 7 rebels killed. 

16. Federal army under Gen. McDowell 
marclicd toward Manassas. 

16. Bill authorizing the President to call 
out militia to suppress the rebellion, passed 
the House of Rejiresentatives, and the bill 
to accept services of 500,000 volunteers. 

16. Si)eech of J. C. Breckinridge in the 
Senate in opposition to the Union Defence 
Bill. 

16. Tilghman, a negro, killed 3 of a 
rebel prize crew on the schooner S. J. Wa 



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rinir. anil brought the vessel into N. York 
on the 2'J(1. 

17. Aclviincc cohmin of national aruiy 
ocei:i>ied F;iirf;ix Court House. Va. 

17. Battle at Scarytown, Va. Repulse 
of Feilei-;ils witli loss of 9 killed, 38 wouud- 
ed, 9 missiu'^. Rebel lo.ss less. 3. Federal 
colonels and 2 o;ii>tains captured. 

17. Gen. I'atterson's army marched 
from Bunker llill, Va., to Charlostown. 

17. Skirmish ni Fulton, Mo. Rebels 
driven back \vi!h loss. 

18. Kansas City, JIo., Home Guards, un- 
der Major Van Horn, attacked near Ilar- 
risonville by a su|)erior force of rebels, 
whom tlicy dcfeatetl, killing and wounding 
20. Union loss 1 killed. 

18. Battle at Blackburn's Ford. Attack 
on the rebel entrcnchmentB at Bull Ruu by 
a i)ortion of Gen. Tyler's Division, wJio 
were repulsed with a "loss of 83 men killed, 
wouii(l<'(l and missing. Rebel loss 68, 
killed and wounded. 

19. Six Federal officers, near Hampton, 
Va., fired on b}' rebels in ambush. Major 
Rawlings killed, and Lieut. Joliuson and 
Mr. Sluirtlilfe wounded and captured. 

19. By Gen. Order No. 46 of War De- 
partment, Maj.-Gen. Patterson was honor- 
ably discliarged, and Maj.-Gen. Banks ap- 
pointed liis successor in the Department of 
the" S]ienandoah,"and Gen. Dix appointed 
to succeed Gen. Banks in the Dei)artment 
of Maryland. 

19. Tlie Captain-General of Cuba liber- 
ated all the vessels brought into. Cuban 
ports by ])rivateer Sumter as prizes. 

20. Rebel Congres-; met at Richmond, Va. 

21. Battle of Bull Run. 

22. BriiT.-Gen. Beauregard promoted to 
the rank of " General " in the rebel army, 
the highest grade. 

22. Rebel Congress appointed a day of 
thanksgiving for the victory at Manassas. 

22. Maj. Gen. !\lcClel]an assigned to com- 
mand the Department of the Potomac. 

22. Missouri State Convention met at 
Jefferson City. 

22. Rebels attacked and dispersed at 
Forsythe, Mo., by Federal troops under 
Gen. Sweeny, with loss of two wounded. 
Rebel los-;, 5 killed, lo wounded. 

24. Xaval ex]iedition from Fortress Mon- 
roe to Black river, by Lieut. Crosby and 
3i)0 men. Nine sloo|)s and schooners of 
the rebels burnt, and one schooner with 
bacon and corn captured. 

25. U. S. steamer Resolute, Lieut. Budd, 
brought two schooners and one sloop prizes 
to Washington. 

25. Gen. McClellan arrived at Washing- 
ton, aad Gen. Fremont at St. Louis, and 

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Gen. Banks at IIar])er"s Ferry, to take 
charge of their respective de|)artments. 

25. Robert Toombs resigned tlie Seere- 
taryship of State of ilie Confederacy, to 
take ofiice in tlie arinj', and R. M. T. Hun- 
ter, of Va., was ai)i)ointed to succeed him. 

2C. Fifteen Home Guards from Rolla, 
Mo , were attacked at Lane's Prairie by a 
superior force of rebels, wlio were reimlsed 
witii the loss of 1 lieutenant killed and 
3 men wounded. Two guards were slightly 
wounded. 

20. Tliree rebels captured by Col. Mc- 
Leod Murphy, of New York, in Virginia, 
scouting alone. 

28. Flight of Gen. Wise's army from 
Gaulcy Bridge, Va., pursued by Gen. Cox, 
who captured 1000 muskets and a quantity 
of j)Owder. 

28. A detachment of Col. Mulligan's 
ChicagQ regiment, aided by Home Guards, 
cai)turcd 28 rebels, 40 horses and 2 teams, 
at Hickory Hill, Mo. 

29. A rebel battery at Aquia Creek, Va., 
engaged by four U. S. steamers for three 
hours, with slight damage. 

30. Six Government clerks at Wasl^ng- 
ton resigned, owing to a Virginia ordinance 
of disfranchisement. 

3o. Three hundred kegs of powder and 
cannon were captured from the rebels 
near Warsaw, Mo. 

30. '1 he Confederate forces occupied and 
fortified New iladrid, Mo. 

30-31. Missouri State Convention abol- 
ished tiie State Legislature, declared the 
offices of Governor, Lieut.-Gov. and Sec- 
of State vacant, appointed special State 
officers, and provided for a special election 
by the people in Aug. 1862. 

Aug. 1. Rebel privateer Petrel, formerly 
U. S. revenue cutter Aiken, sunk by U. S. 
frigate St. Lawrence, near Charleston, 
lliirtj'-six out of 40 of her crew were 
rescued by the frigate's boats. 

1. Gov. Gamble, of Mo., delivered his 
inaugural to the State Convention. 

1. Departure of Gen. Fremont's expedi- 
tion from St. Louis to Cairo and Bird's 
Point. 

2. Fort Fillmore, New Mexico, with 750 
men, traitorously surrendered by Major 
Lynd ■, U. S. A. 

2. Schooner Enchantress, with a valu- 
able cargo, recaptured by U. S. steamer 
Albatross, Capt. Prentiss, off Charleston, 
S. C. 

2. Defeat of rebel forces at Dug Springs, 
Mo., by Gen. Lyon. Federal loss, 9 killed, 
30 wounded. Rebel loss, 40 killed, 80 
wounded. 

3. Lieut.-CoL Baj'lor, commanding the 



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Au«. 1861. 



rebel forces in Ai-izona, issued a proclama- 
tion takiii<j possession of New Mexico, in 
the name of the Confederate States, de- 
clarinjf all Federal offices vacant, and ap- 
pointing,' a secretarj-, attorney-general and 
other otiicers. 

Aug. 3. Engagement at Mesila, N. M., 
between Federal troops and 7'iO rebels. Capt. 
McNeely and Lieut. Brooks, of Federal 
army, were wounded, and 12 rehcls killed. 

6. The bark Alvarado, having a rebel 
prize crew, chased ashore near Fernandina, 
Fla., and burned by sailors from U. S. shijj 
Vinceiuies. 

5. Skirmish at Point of Rocks, Md. 
4?ixty men of New York 28th attacked 
rebel cavalrj^, killing 3, wounding 2 and 
caj)turing 7 men and 20 horses, without 
loss themselves. 

5. Skirmish at Athens, Mo. 800 Home 
Guards, under Col. Moore, defeated a force 
of lOno rebels, killing 23 and wounding 
50. 10 Federals killed and 10 wounded. 
6 wagon loads of supplies and 40 horses 
were captured by the Guards. 

5. Flection in Kentucky for members of 
the Lc^islalure, the returns showing a large 
Union majority. 

6. Adjournment xine die of Special Con- 
gress at Washington. 

7. The village of Hampton, Va., was 
burned by rebel forces under Gen. Magru- 
der. They were prevented from burning 
the bridge by skirmishers of Max Weber's 
New York regiment. 

7 The i)rivateer York was burned by 
gunboat Union, which also recaptured the 
schooner G. V. Baker. 

8. Rebel cavalry routed at Lorrettsville, 
Va.. with loss of 1 killed and 5 wounded, 
by 100 men of 19th N. Y., under Capt. 
Kennedy. 

8 Messrs. Breckinridge and Yallandig- 
ham partook of a banquet at the Eutaw 
House, Baltimore. Mr. Breckinridge, in 
an attempt to address the people, was pre- 
vented by ])o))ular clamor. 

9. Skirmish at Potosi, Mo. Rebels 
driven off with loss of 2 killed, 3 wounded. 

10. Battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo. The 
Federal army under Gen. Lyon, 5,200 men, 
was defeated by the combined forces of 
Gens. Price and MeCulloch, 2(t,000. Gen. 
Lyon was killed. Federal loss, 223 killed, 
721 wounded, 292 missing. Rebel loss, 
(McCulloch's report,) 205 killed, 800 
wounded, 3(1 missing; Price's report of 
Missouri troops, 166 killed, 517 wounded. 

12. " Bangor (Me.) Democrat " office de- 
8tro)ed by a mob. 

12. C. J. Faulkener, ex-minister of U. S. 
to France, arrested on a charge of treason. 

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13. Skirmish near Grafton, Va. 200 
rebels routed, 21 killed and wounded, by 
Capt. Daj'tou's company of 4tli Virginia, 
without loss. 

14. Mutiny in New York 79th regiment, 
near Washingtf)n. 

14 Gen. Fremont declares martial law 
in St. Louis, Mo. 

14. " War Bulletin " and " Missourian " 
journals suppressed at St. Louis. 

11, Mutiny of 60 men of 2d Maine at 
Arlington, Va. ; who were arrested and 
sentenced to be sent to the Dry Tortugas. 

14. All loyal men notified by Jert". Davis 
to leave the Confederate States in 40 days. 

15. Two Federal sailors killed and 2 
wounded, of tlie U. S. steamer Resolute, 
in a skirmish at Mathias Point, Va. 

16. Col Hecker's regiment suri)rised 400 
rebels at Fredericktown. Mo., capturing 12 
men and all the camj) equipage. 

16. Five New York newspapers were 
presented by the Grand Jury as hostile to 
the Government. 

16. A "Peace" meeting at Saybrook, 
Conn., broken up. 

16. $58,i)i»(t seized by U. S. troops at 
Genevieve, Mo., and taken to St. Louis. 

16. Proclamation of Pres. Lincoln, de- 
claring commercial intercourse with the 
eleven States in rebellion unlawful, except- 
ing such parts thereof as have or may be- 
come restored to loyal government, and 
forfeiting all vessels therefrom or bound to 
the same, after 15 days. 

17. Railway train near Palmyra. Mo., 
fired into by rebels. One soldier was killed, 
and several wounded. 

18. Privateer Jeff. Davis wrecked on the 
bar at St. Augustine, Fla. 

18. Gen. Wool assumed command at 
Fortress Monroe. 

19. Capt. Haleman with 50 mounted men 
left Bird's Point for Charleston, Mo., and 
encountered a body of rebels, killing 2 and 
capturing 33 men and 35 horses, without 
any casualty themselves. 

19. Skirmish at Charleston, Mo. Two 
hundred and tifty of 22d Illinois under CoL 
Dougherty, and Lieut. -Col. Ransom of 11th 
Illinois defeated 800 rebels under Col. 
Hunter of Jeff. Thompson's army. 20 rebels 
were killed and wounded, and 17 prisoners 
taken. The Union loss was 1 killed and 6 
wounded. 

19. Two hundred and forty Union fugi- 
tives from E. Tenn. arrived at Danville, 
Ky., and were fed in the Seminary jard. 

19. Office of the " Sentinel," Easton, Pa.. 
destroyed by a Union mob. 

19. A. L. Kimball, editor of the "Essex 
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and feathered, and ridden on a rail by a 
Union mob. 

It*. "Passports" required, by notice 
from the Department of State, from all per 
Bons leaving or arriving within the United 
States. 

19. Office of the "Jeffersonian," West- 
chester, Pa., destroyed In^ a Union mob. 

19. Office of "The Pcojile's Friend," at 
Covington, Ind., destroyed by a Union mob. 

20. Skirmish at Hawk's Nest, in the Ka- 
nawha \'allev,Va. A body of rebels attacked 
the 11th Ohio, but were (h-iven back with 
loss. Union loss, 2 wounded and 1 niissing. 

20. The Wheeling (Va.,) Convention 
passed an ordinance to erect a new State, 
to be called Kanawha. 

20. A railway train from Jeiferson City, 
Mo., when near Lookout Station, was fired 
into by rebels, and 1 soldier killed and G 
woumled. 2 rebels were killed, several 
wounded, and 5 prisoners taken. 

20. Gen. McClellan assumed command 
of the army of the Potomac. 

20. Gen. Butler assumed command of 
U.S. Volunteer forces near Fortress Monroe. 

21. Surprise of part of company K, Ohio 
7th, near Cross Lane, W. Virginia, 2 killed 
and 9 wounded, 5 of whom were taken pris- 
oners, including Capt. Shutte. 

22. Disloyal papers were rejected from 
the U. S. mails. Large bundles of papers 
were seized by the U. S. Marslials in Phil- 
adelphia and other cities. 

22. The " Stark Count}- Democrat" office, 
in Canton, Ohio, was destroyed by a Union 
mob. 

22. The steamer " Samuel Orr " was 
seized at Paducah, Ky., by rebels, and 
taken up the Tennessee river. 

24. A portion of the Cherokee Indians 
made an alliance with the '' Southern Con- 
federacy." The Cherokees and Creeks raised 
2,000 men for the rebel army, and were 
promised payment of their annuities by the 
Confed. Commissioners. 

24. Arrest of Mayor Berret, of Wash- 
ington. 

24. The office of the Bridgeport (Conn.,) 
• ' Farmer" was destroyed by a Union mob. 

24. Office of the "Alleghanian," Cumber- 
land, Md., was destroyed by a Union mob. 

25. A band of rebels at Wayne Court- 
House, Va., was routed by 53 Federals 
under Capt. Smith, from Camp Pierjiont, 
Cei-edo, Wayne co., Va. 4 rebels were 
killed, and 8 taken (jrisoners. 

25. All vessels and boats on the Poto- 
mac seized by Government authorities. 

25. Gov. H. R. Gamble, of Mo., issued a 
call for 43,000 State militia, to serve six 
months, uidess sooner discharged. 

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20. Surprise of 7th Ohio, Col. Tyler, at 
Cross Lanes, near Sunimersville, \V. Vir- 
ginia, by a large force of rebels. 15 killed, 
40 wounded, and 30 jjrisoncrs. Rebel loss 
not known. 

20. The War Dejiartment prohibited the 
transmission or i)ublieatioii of any intelli- 
gence of army or naval movements calcu- 
lated to give information to the enemj'. 

20. The Postmaster-General^ directed 
postal agents to arrest express agents, or 
others engaged in transniiltiiig letters to 
seceded States in violation of the Presi- 
dent's proclamation of 10th inst. 

20. Com. Foote ordered to the connnand 
of U. S. naval forces on the Western waters. 

20. A naval and military exj)edition to 
N. Carolina coast sailed from Hampton 
Roads, Va., under command of Com. String- 
ham and Maj.-Gen. Butler. 

20. Skirmish of two companies of N. Y. 
23d, with a large force of rebels at Ball's 
Cross Roads, Va. One Federal kiUed, and 
one wounded. 

28. A party of Federal troops under 
Caj)t. Smith attacked and dispersed a force 
of rebels at Wayne Court-llouse, W. Vir- 
ginia, and returned to Ceredo without loss. 
Five or 6 of the rebels ^vere killed or 
wounded, and 8 captured. 

28-29. Bombardment and • capture of 
Forts ilatteras and (lark, at Ilatteras 
Inlet, X. C. 30 pieces of cannon, 1,000 stand 
of arms, 3 vessels with valuable cargoes, 
and 750 prisoners were taken. 

29. Fight at Lexington, Mo. The rebels, 
under Col. Reed, were driven off with loss 
of 8 killed and several wounded. The Fed- 
erals had 5 or 6 wounded, and several loyal 
citizens were captured. 

30. Martial law was proclaimed through- 
out Missouri, by Gen. Fremont, and the 
slaves of all persons found in arms against 
the U. S. declared free. 

Sept. 1. Skirmish at Bennett's Mills, 
Mo. Attack on Home Guards conmianded 
by Lieut. Chandler, bj- a large force of 
rebels. Federal loss, 3 killed, 6 wounded. 
Rebel loss unknown. 

1. Fight at Boone Court-IIouse, Va. 
Rebels defeated, with a loss of 30. Six 
Federal soldiers wounded. 

2. Fight near Fort Scott, Mo. COO rebels 
under Gen. Ruins, were attacked and pur- 
sued by 500 Federals under Col. Montgom- 
ery. "The rebels falling back on reinforce- 
ments, Montgomery retreated. 

2. The Mass. 13th captured 20 Charles- 
ton, S. C, cavalry, after killing 3 and 
wounding 5, 2 J- miles from Harper's Ferry. 

2. Col. Grossman, of Gen. Kelly's staff, 
with two companies, attacked 400 rebels, 



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at AYortlnii<jton, JTnrion co., Va.,l)y whom 
he was i-epuls(>(l willi the loss of two men. 

Sept. 3. J'assenuc'i' traui (Mi the Hannibal 
and St. Jiisoph i-ailwaj', Mo., was thrown 
into tlie I'latte river, by tlie .c^ivins; way of 
a bridge, partly burned by the rebels. 17 
per.soiis were killed, and (iO wounded. 

4. An engagenu'iit on the Mississippi 
river oeeurred, near llieknian, Ky., be- 
tween nat^ional jj;uid)oats Tyler and Lexinj;- 
tou and the rebel gunboat Yankee and 
shore l)atteries. 

(■>. radncah, Ky., was occupied by Fed- 
eral forces under Gen. Grant. 

7. (icns. Tillow and Polk occupied Co- 
lumbus, Ky., with 7, 0(H) rebels. 

7. Five schooneis were captured by Fed- 
eral offiiers at II itteras Inlet. 

8. Gen. Pope broke up a camp of 3,000 
rebels near Ihinneville, Mo., under Gen. 
Green, and captured a large quantity of 
stores. 

9. A revolt occurred among the N. Y. 
Rilles, at Willett's Point, N. Y.' Two men 
were killed and o wounded. 

9. A government steamer convcyinn- pris- 
oners from Lexinifton, Mo., to Fort Leaven- 
worth, broke her rudder, and beinj^ obliged 
to land, the vessel was seized by tlie rebels, 
the pri.^oners liberated, and 40 Federal 
sokliers captured. 

111. 15(> Union prisoners, among them all 
the jirincipal oflicers held captive by the 
rebels at Richmond, were sent to Castle 
Piiiekney. in Charleston harbor. 

U>. Battle of Carnifex Ferry, near Sum 
mersv^lle, Va. Federal commander, Rose- 
cranz, rebel, Floyd, who retreated with 
small los.s. Federal loss, IG killed, 102 
Wounded. 

11. Skirmish at Lewinsville, Va. Fed- 
eral loss, C killed, 10 wounded. 

11. The President niddified Gen. Fre- 
mont's emancipation proclamation. 

1 1. The Kentucky Legislature, by a vote 
of 71 to '20, oi'dered the Confederate troops 
to leave the State. 

12. A rebel camp at Petersburg, Hardy 
cf)., Va., was broken up by Capt. Kid's cav- 
alry, and large amount of stores captured. 

12. Skirmish at Black river, near Iron- 
ton, Mo. A detachment of Indiana cavalry, 
under Major Gavitt, defeated a body of 
rebels, under Ben. Talbot, killing 5, cap 
turing 4, and 25 horses and a quantity of 
arms. 

12. The Legislature of Kentucky author- 
ized the fJovernor to call out the State mil- 
itary to repel the Southern invaders. 

12. Two slaves, the ])roperty of T. L. 
Snead, a secessionist of St. Loids, were 
mii'umitted by Gen. Fremont. 



13. A large body of rebels, under Col. 
Brown, were repulsed from Boone\ illc, Mo., 
with a loss of 12 killed and 30 wounded, 
by Home (luards under Capt. Eppstein, 
who lest 1 killed and 4 wounded. 

12-14. Two engagements occurred on 
Cheat Mountain, Western Va., in which the 
rebels, under Gen. R. E. Lee, were defeated 
with a loss of 100 killed and wounded, 
among the former. Col. J. A. Washington, 
and 20 prisoners. The Federal forces, un- 
der Gen. J. J. Reynolds, lost 13 killed, 20 
wounded, and tiO prisoners. 

13-18. The provost jnarshal of Balti- 
more, Md., arrested Mayor Brown, Ross 
Winans, and Messrs. Pitts, Sangstcr, W^al- 
lis, Scott, Dennison, Quinlan, Lynch, War- 
field, Hanson, and J. C. Brune, of the Leg- 
islature, also editois Howard and Hall, by 
order of the War Department. 

13. An expedition from the U.S. frigate 
Colorado, under Lieut. J. H. Russell, cut 
out and destroyed the privateer Judah, un- 
der the rebel guns at Pensacola. The Fed- 
eral loss was. 8 killed and 15 wounded. 

14. A rebel camp near Kansas City, Mo., 
was broken up ; 7 men killed and 6 taken 
prisoners. 

18. Col. F. P. Blair, Jr , was arrested at 
St. Louis for disrespectful language when 
alluding to superior oflicers. 

15. A body of rebels attacked Col. Gea- 
ry's 28th Pennsylvania regiment, stationed 
on the Potomac, three miles .above Harper's 
Ferry, and were repulsed with severe loss. 
One of Col. Geary's men was killed, and 
several slightlj' wounded. 

16. A naval expedition from Hattcras In- 
let imder conmiand of Lieut. J. Y. Max- 
well, destroyed Fort Ocracoke, on Beacon 
Island, N. C. 

16. The Federal gunboat Conestoga cap- 
tured the steamers V. R. Stephenson and 
Gazelle, on Cumberland river, Ky. 

16. Ship Island, near the mouth of the 
Mississippi river, was occupied liy Federal 
forces from the steamer Massachusetts. 

17. A tight took place at Mariatown, Mo., 
between 600 Federals, under Cols. Mont- 
gomery and Johnson, and 400 rebels, who 
were defeated with a loss of 7 killed, and 
100 horses and their tents and supplies 
cr.ptured. Col. Johnson and 2 Federal 
privates were killed, and 6 wounded. 

17. A train on the Ohio and Mississippi 
railway, with a part of the 19th llliiiois 
regiment, broke through a bridge near Hu- 
ron, Ind , by which 26 soldiers were killed 
and 112 wounded. 

17. 500 of the 3d lovfa, under Lieut.- 
Col. Scott, attacked and were rejjulscd by 
3,000 rebels, under Gen. D. R. AtcLisou. at 



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Bli e Mills Landing-, Mo. The Federal loss 
wan over 100 in killed and wounded. 

18. Skirmish at Barboursville, Ky., be- 
tween the Home Guard and ZollicolVer's 
men. 7 rebels were killed, and 1 guard 
wounded and another taken prisoner. 

18. ICii^hteen secession members of the 
Maryland Legislature were arrested and 
lodged in Fort Mellenry. 

19. E.v-Governor Morehead and others, 
of Louisville, Ky., were arrested by tJie 
U. S. marshal on charges of treason, or 
complicity with treason. 

'20. Surrender of Col. Mulligan's com- 
mand, at Lexington, Mo., to the rebel Gen. 
Pi"ice, after 4 days' siege. 

21. Gen. Lane's command surprised a su- 
perior force of rebels at Papinsville, Mo., 
roiitin;- them with a Union loss of 17 killed 
and 40 wounded ; rebel loss, 40 killed, 100 
lirisouers, and all their tents and supplies. 

21. Two detachments of troops from 
Union gunboats, near Glasgow, Mo., en- 
countered each other, while reconnoitering 
at niglit, and by mistake four were killed 
and several wounded. 

21. Gen. Robert Anderson assumed com- 
mand of Federal and State troops in Ky. 

21. J. C. Breckinridge fled from Frank- 
fort, Ky., and opeidy joined the rebels. 

22. Skirmish of the 7th Iowa, at Elli- 
ott's Mills, Ky., with rebel cavalry, who 
were defeated with the loss of three of their 
number. 

23. Ross Winans, of Md., took the oath 
of allegiance. 

23. Capt. Goldsborough succeeded Com. 
Stringham in command of the Chesapeake 
blockading fleet. 

23. Detachments of 8th and 4th Ohio, 
and Ringgold's cavalry, under Cols. Parke 
and Cantwell, advancing from New Creek 
toward Roniney, Va., attacked and drove 
out 700 rebels from Mechanicsville Gap, 
and pursued their combined forces of 1,400 
from Romney to the mountains. Federal 
loss 3 killed, 10 wounded; rebel loss 15 
killed, 30 wounded. 

24. The Comle de Paris and the Due de 
Chartres, grandsons of Louis Philippe of 
France, were attached as aids to Gen. Mc- 
Clellan's staff, and commissioned as cap- 
tains. 

25. Successful expedilion of 3,000 men, 
under Gen. W. F. Smith, for reconnoitering 
and forage, from Chain Bridge to Lewins- 
ville, Va. A large quantity of stores were 
captured. 

25. Engagement at Chapmansville, West- 
ern Va. Col. Pratt, with 560 of the 34th 
Ohio, defeated a body of rebels under Col. 
J. W. Davis, killing 29, including their 

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commander, and wounding a large number. 
Col. Pratt's loss was 4 kille:l, 8 wounded. 

25. A body of rebels weie defeated near 
Osceola, Mo., by Feiieral troops vuuier Col. 
Montgomery, who set lire to the town. 10 
rebels killed ; 1 Federal killed, 4 wounded. 

25. James B. Clay (son of ti:e illustrious 
Henry,) and Itt other lebels were captured 
near Danville, Ky., while on their way to 
Zollicorter's camp. 

26. At Lucas Bend, Ky., 75 of Captain 
Stewart's cavalry attacked and routed 40 
rebel cavalry, killing 4 and capturing 5, 
without loss themselves. 

26. By Presidential proclamation of Aug- 
ust 12, this day was observed as a day of 
fasting and prayer throughout the loyal 
States. 

27. A body of Kansas troops, under 
Montgomery and Jamison, engaged the ad- 
vance guai-d of McCullocli's rebel army 
near Shanghai, in Benton co.. Mo., and 
drove them b;iek with loss. 

27. Gen. Fremont, with 15 steamers and 
15,000 men, sailed from St. Louis up the 
Missouri river. 

27. The rebels evacuated Munson's Hill, 
Va., which was occupied by Federal troops. 

28. Baker's California regiment, and Bax- 
ter's Philadeli)hia volunteers mistook each 
other for rebels, at Fall's Church, Va., and 
tired, killing 15 and wounduig 30. 

Oct. 1. The U. S. steamer Fannj', with 
35 men of the 0th N. Y. volunteers, was 
captured by the rebels on the north coast 
of Ilatteras Inlet. She was loaded with 
government stores. 

2. A secessionist camp at Charleston. 
Mo., w-as broken up, and 40 rebels captured. 

2. $33,000. deposited in the St. Louis 
Building and Savings Association, for the 
part payment of a U. S. annuity to the 
Cherokee Indians, declared confiscated to 
the (lovernmeut in consequence of the se- 
cession of that tribe. 

3. Attack on an entrenched camp com- 
manded by Gen. II. A. Jackson, at Green- 
brier, Western Va., by Union forces under 
Gen. J. J. Reynolds. Union loss 8 killed, 
32 wounded ; rebel loss greater. A drawn 
battle. 

3. Gen. Price, and the rebel army under 
his command, witlidrew from Lexington, 
Mo., leaving a brigade as a guai'd. 

3. Gustavus Smith, formerly Street Com- 
missioner of New York, was appointed a 
Major-General in the rebel army. 

4. Commander Alden, U. S. steamer 
South Carolina, captured two schooners ofl 
the S.W. Pass of the Missisjippi, with four 
to five thousand stand of arms. 

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Oct. 1861. 



tlefi-ated by 100 U. S. troops from Fort 
Craig, at Alimosa, N. M. 10 Toxana and 
their captain killed, and 30 wounded. 

Oct. 4. Two boats from U. S. steamer 
Louisiana, Lieut. A. Murray, destroyed a re- 
bel scbooner, being fitted out for a privateer, 
nt Cliiiicoteague Inlet, Va. They engaged 
and repulsed the rebels with a loss of 4 
U. S. seamen wounded. 

4. A large force of rebels, under Col. 
Wright, attacked the 20th Indiana. Col. 
Brown, at Chicnmacomico, near Ilatteras 
Inlet. Federals retreated, leaving their 
piclcets, wounded, and camp equipage in the 
hands of the enemv. 

4. Gen. Butler, commanding the Military 
Department of New England, had his head- 
quarters at Boston. 

T). The rebel forces under Col. Wright 
were driven from the Chicamacomico with 
severe loss, by U.S. steamer ISIonticello. 

7. John Ross, principal Chief of the 
CheroUee Indians, negotiated a treaty of 
alliance on behalf of that people with the 
Confederate Government 

7. 57 released prisoners, taken by the 
rebels at the battle of Bull Run, arrived at 
Fortress Monroe from Richmond. 

7. U. S. gunboats Tyler and Lexington 
exchanged shots with rebel batteries at 
Iron Bend, 3 miles above Columbus, Ky. 

8. Brig.-Gen. William T. Sherman ap- 
pointed to command the Department of the 
Cumberland (Kentucky), in place of Brig.- 
Gen. R. Anderson, retired from ill-health. 

8. 200 rebels under Capt. Ilolliday. en- 
camped two miles from Ilillsboro', Ky., 
were' attacked and defeated by a body of 
Ibjrne Guards, under Lieut. Sadler. Rebel 
loss 11 killed, 29 wounded, 22 prisoners; 
also 127 rifles and other arms. Federal 
loss 3 killed, 3 wounded. 

l>. Attack upon Wilson's N. Y. Zouaves, 
at Santa Rosa Lsland, four miles from Fort 
Pickens, at 2 a. m., by 1,500 rebels under 
Gen. Anderson. The regulars from Fort 
Pickens, and the Zouaves, defeated the reb- 
els, killing and wounding about 100, and 
taking 35 prisoners. Federal loss 13 killed, 
21 wounded. 

9. Federal troops under Gen. Smith ad- 
vanced from Chain Bi'idge, and occupied 
Lewinsville, Va. 

10. Cavalry skirmish 4 miles from Padu- 
cah, Ky. 2 of the 4th U. S. cavalry mor- 
Uilly wounded, and 2 taken prisoners. 

11. The rebel steamer Nashville, com- 
manded by Lieut. R. B. Pegram, escaped 
from Charleston, S C. 

11. Lieut. Ilarrell, of U. S. steamer 
Union, with three boats' crews, cut out and 
burnt a rebel schooner in Dumfries Creek, 

U 



on the Potomac, and escaped without loss. 
11. Missouri State Convention met at St. 
Louis. 

11. Marshal Kane was transferred from 
Fort Mcllcnrj- to Fort Lafayette. 

12. Rebel steamer Theodora ran the 
blockade at Charleston, S. C, having on 
board Messrs. Slason and Slidell, Commis- 
sioners to England and France, with their 
secretaries. 

12. Capt. P. G. Morton c.npturcd a train 
of 21 wagons, 425 cattle, and 35 prisoners, 
with stores for hostile Cherokees, at Chel- 
sea, Kansas. 

12. Cavalry skirmish south of Cameron, 
Ray CO., Mo. A company of Major James' 
cavalry routed a large body of rebels, who 
lost 8 killed and 5 prisoners. One Federal 
was killed and 4 wounded. 

12. Six rebel gunboats, the ram Manas- 
sas, and a fle<;t of fireships, attacked the 
L*^. S. fleet at the mouth of the Mississippi, 
and wore repulsed by them with slight loss 
on either side. 

12. A party of 12 of a N.Y. Zouave reg- 
iment, under Lieut. Zeller, were captured 
bj' the rebels near Newport News, Va. 

12. Forty men of the 35)th Indiana at 
tacked and defeated a superior force of reb 
els, 8 miles from Green river, Western Va., 
without loss themselves, killing 5 awl 
wounding 3 of the enemy. 

12. Night skirmish near the residence 
of Cy. Hutchinson, Barren co., Ky. Ten 
Federal horsemen, under Cols. Ilobson and 
Peimebraker, and Capt. S. Tajior, encoun- 
tered lOii rebel cavalry, of whom 4 were 
killed and several wounded. Federal loss, 
3 killed. 

12. 500 men of the Piatt (Cincinnati) 
Zouaves, under Lieut. Col. Toland, and two 
companies of the -Itli Yn., drove out a largo 
body of rebels from Winfield. 20 miles be- 
low Charleston, on the Kanawha, Western 
Va., who had been comn)ilting depreda- 
tions. The Federals captured a large quan- 
tity of military stores. 

12. Skirmish between a detachment of 
the 39th Indiana, under Lieut.-Col. Jones, 
and 58 rebel cavalry,, near Upton's, 14 
miles below Camp Nevin, Ky. "rhe rebels 
were repulsed with a loss of 5 killed and 3 
wounded. 

12. A woman and five children, from 
families of U. S. soldiers from Utah, were 
drowned while attempting to cross the 
Platte river on a raft, near St. Josejib's, Mo., 
the rope having been cut by an enemy. 

13. Eighteen miles N.E. of Lebanon, Mo., 
Major Wright, with two companies of U.S. 
cavalry, routed 300 mounted rebels, under 
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els were killoJ and wounded, and 30 taken 
prisoners. One Federal trooper was killed. 
18. Skirmish at Beckwetii's farm, 12 
miles S.E. of Bird's Point, Mo. 20 men 
under Lieut. Tufts, eneounlcred a superior 
force of rebels, and after eriy;ai;ing them* 
retired. 2 were killed, 5 wouiuled, and 3 
missing', of the national foree : 12 were 
killed and wounded of the rebels. 

13. Brijr (Grenada, of New York, was 
captured by the privateer " Sallie," of 
t'harleston, which ran the blockade on the 
Idth instant. 

14. 150 voters of Chincoteague Island, 
Accomac co., Va., took the oath of allegi- 
ance to the U. S., in the presence of Lieut, 
^lurray, of U. S. shij) Louisiana. The in- 
habitants of the island, 1,()U0 in niunber, 
were loyal : no other flag than the national 
h:ul thus far been allowed to float on the 
island. 

14. Major White, with one company of 
Missouri Scouts, captured 45 rebels at Linn 
Creek, Mo., commanded by Capt. Roberts. 

14. The U. S. Secretary of State, W'm. 
n. Seward, issued a circular to the Gov«;r- 
nors of all States bordering on the ocean 
and the lakes, recommendinn; that their de- 
fences should be put in effective condition 
to meet the contingency of foreign war, in- 
stigated by rebel emissaries. 

15. U. S. steamer Roanoke, oft' Charles- 
ton, captured and burnt the ship Thomas 
Watson, which ran on Stono reef while at- 
tem])ting to evade the blockade. 

15. Ten of the N. Y. 14th killed 2 rebels 
in a skirmish near Lewinsville, Va. 

15. Gen. Wool, at Fortress Monroe, de- 
clined to receive a flag of truce from Nor- 
folk. 

15. 60fi rebels, under Gen. JefF. Thomp- 
son, attacked and captured 40 U. S. sol- 
dii rs guarding the Big ri\er bridge, near 
Potn.si, Mo. Federal loss 1 killed, 6 wound- 
ed ; rebel loss 5 killed, 4 wounded. The 
rebels paroled the U. S. soldiers and burnt 
the bridge. 

15. The rebel batteries at Aquia creek 
and Shipping Point, on the Potomac, fired 
on all vessels passing, but inflicted no seri- 
ous damage. 

15. Three U. S. steamers sailed from 
New York in pursuit of the privateer Nash- 
ville. 

16. Col. J. W. Geary, of the Penn. 28th, 
with 400 men from his own, the 13th Mas.s. 
and 3d Wis., crossed the Potomac at Har- 
per's Ferrj', and captured 21,000 bushels 
of wheat, stored in a mill near Bolivar 
Heights. A severe skirmisli occurred with 
a body of rebels who disputed tiie ground, 
from whom the Federals captured a 32- 

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j)Oundcr, and made good their retrcit, ac- 
conipli.shing the object of the expedition. 
Federal loss, 4 killed, 8 wounded. 

IG. Major F. J. White, with 22() Missouri 
scouts, surprised the rebels at Lexington, 
Mo., and without loss, captured 00 or 70 
prisoners, released Cols. White and G rover, 
and 12 other captives, and seized 2 steam- 
boats, with arms, amnuinition and stores. 

16. 1,000 rebels under Gen. Thompson 
and Col. Lowe, near Ironton, Mo., were de- 
feated with a loss of 36 killed and wounded, 
by jSlaj. Gavitt's Indiana cavalry, and 6 
companies of Col. Alexander's '21st Illinois. 
Union loss, H. 

19. Col. INIorgan, with 220 men of the 
18th Missouri regiment, and two pieces of 
artillery, defeated 400 rebels on Big Hur- 
ricane Creek, Carroll co., Mo., killing 14, 
and taking 8 prisoners. Col. Morgan had 
14 men wounded — two mortally. 

19. Twenty rebel N. C, prisoners were 
sent to Fortress Monroe, to be released on 
taking an oath not to bear arms against 
the Government. 

21. Battle of Edward's Ferry, Va. 1,900 
men from Gen. C. P. Stone's division, under 
command of Col. E. D. Baker, U. S. senator 
from Oregon, were ordered to cross the Po- 
tomac at Harrison's Island, or Ball's Bluff, 
to support reconnoissances above and below 
that point. At 4 p. ji. they were attacked 
by 3,000 rebels under Gen. Evans, and 
driven to the river bank, where, there being 
no adequate provision for crossing, they 
suffered severe loss, by the enemy's fire, 
and by drowning. Killed, 223, wounded, 
250, taken prisoners, 500. Rebel loss about 
200 in killed and wounded. 

21. About 2,500 rebels, near Frederick- 
town, Mo., under Jeff. Thompson and Col. 
Lowe, were attacked by 3,500 Federal 
troops, commanded by Col. .1. B. Plummer, 
of 11th Missouri, with Missouri, Illinois, 
Wisconsin and Indiana troops, under Cols. 
Ross, Marsh, Ilovey, pjaker, Lieut. CoL 
Fennabaker, Maj. Schofield, Capt. Stewart 
and Lieut. White. The rebels were de- 
feated with great loss, and Col. Lowe was 
killed. The}- left 175 bodies on the field, 
and had a large number wounded. Eighty 
were taken prisoners, and 4 heavy guns 
were captured. The Federal loss was 7 
killed and 60 wounded. 

21. A jiortion of the rebel General ZoUi 
coffer's command was repulsed from an ad- 
vanced position of General Schoepf's bri- 
gade, near Camp Wild Cat, Laurel co., 
Ky. The Federal loss was 4 killed and 21 
wounded. 

22. Flag-officer Craven, of the Potomac 
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Oct. 1861. 



mnmlcd by rel)el batteries, at all important 
points Ijclo.v Alexandria. 

Oct. 22. A detachment of U. S. cavalry 
broke up a rebel camp at Buffalo Mills, 
Benton cd., Mo., killinj^ and woiindin;^ 20, 
takin;^ 6i) prisoners, 22 wagons and a num- 
ber of horses. 

2.3. C 'I. Len. Harris, with the 2d Ohio, 
two ijuns of Capt. Konkle's Ohio battery 
and Ca it. L-uiglilin'a cavalry, drove out a 
body of 2iK"> rebels from SVest Liberty, | 
Mi)ri:;aii co., Ky., after a skirmish in which ' 
10 were killed, 5 wounded, and made pris- 
oners, of the rebels, witii no loss on the ' 
part of the Federals. A small quantity of 
stores was captured. 

2:j. Fifiy m^n of the 6th Indiana while 
skirmishing near Ilodgesville, Ky.. were 
attacked by a superior force of rebels, 
whom tliey repulsed, killing .3 and wound- 
ing 5. Tlii-ec of tile Federals were severely 
woun 1 d, including Lieut. Grayson, their 
commandi^r. 

28 Oen. Fred. W. Lander was appointed 
to command the brigade of the late Col. 
Baker. 

24. President Lincoln suspended the 
writ of Iinhcai corp'i.s, so far as related to 
military arrests, in the District of Columbia. 

2t. The steamer Salvor was captured 
while atteni})ting to run the blockade at 
Tampa Bay, Fla. 

24. Western Virginia voted almost unan- 
Iniou.slv in favor of a division of the State. 

24. The western section of the California 
telegrapli was completed to Salt Lake City, 
connecting the wires from the Pacific to the 
Atlafttic ocean. 

2 1. Skirmish between the pickets of Gen. 
Wm. T. Ward atul a scouting party of reb- 
els near Campbellsville, Ky. Several of 
the rebels were killed and wounded, and 
their captain taken prisoner. 

25. 160 of Gen. Fremont's Body guard, 
under comnand of Major Zagonyi, charged 
2,000 rebels, drawn u)) to receive them, 
near Sprin.:field, Mo., rou'ed them, and 
occupied the town. Rebel loss, 106 killed, 
many wounded, and 27 prisoners. Zagonyi's 
k)ss, 1.5 killed, 27 wounded, 10 missin^r. 
The Missouri " Prairie Scouts," under Maj. 
F. J. White, attack(!d the rear of the rebel 
force, at the same time, making three suc- 
cessful charges, and inflieting severe loss 
on the enemy. The loss of the " Scouts " 
was 38 in killed, wounded and missing. 

26. An artillery fight across the Poto- 
mac, at Edward's Ferry, for several hours. 
Two killed in Gen. Banks' encampment, 
and .3 wounded. Both parlies were com- 
pelled to move back their encampments. 

2ft. Gen. B. F. Kelly, with 2,500 Vir 

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ginia and Ohio Volunteers, from New Creek, 
Va., attacked an inferior rebel force near 
Romney, who were routed and pursued 
through that town with severe loss. Col. 
Thos. Johns, of 2d regiment, Potomac Home 
Brigade, made a diversion of the enemy's 
force, by marching to tiie rear of Romney, 
by way of Frankfort, and engaged and held 
in check a regiment of the rebels. The ex- 
pedition was successful in capturing a large 
supply of military stores and provisions. 
Federal loss. 2 killed, 14 wounded. Rebel 
loss, 10 killed, 15 wounded, and a number 
of prisoners, including Col. Angus McDon- 
ald, their commander: their artillery wag 
ons, camps, etc., were captured. 

26. Parson Brownlow was forced to sus- 
pend the publication of the Knoxvillo 
(Tenn.) W/iic/. 

26. A wagon train was established be- 
tween Baltimore and Washington, for want 
of sulfieient railway facilities, consequent 
on the danger from rebel batteries in navi 
gating the Potomac. 

26. Major Phillips, with 000 of the 9th 
Illinois, from Paducah, sailed on the steamer 
Conestoga to West Eddyville, Ky., on the 
Cumberland river, where they landed and 
marched 6 miles to Saratoga, and surprised 
a detachment of rebel cavalry, under Capt. 
Wilco.K. After a brief resistance the en- 
emy fled, losing 13 killed, many wounded, 
24 prisoners, and 52 horses. Four of the 
Illinois men were wounded. 

26. Surprise of a rebel encampment at 
Plattsburg, Clinton co.. Mo., by a superior 
force of Federals. Rebel loss, 8 killed, 12 
prisoners, one cannon,- and a quantity of 
small arms. 

28. Three rebel vessels were surprised 
and burnt at Chincoteague Inlet, Va., by a 
portion of the crew of IJ. S. gunboat Louis- 
iana, under Lieut. A Hopkins. 

28. I). Davis, of III., .J. Holt, of Ky., and 
H. Campbell, of Mo., were appointed Com- 
missioners by Pre-i. Lincoln to audit aU. un- 
settled railit.iry claims in Missouri. 

29. 250 U.S. Kentucky volunteers, under 
Col. Burbridge, marched from Owensboro' 
to Morgantown, Ky.. crossed the ri\er at 
that point, defi^ated a superior rebel force 
and destroyed their camp. Federal loss, 2 
wounded. 

28. Gen. J. B. Henderson, with a su- 
perior force, surrounded and captured 400 
rebels at Dyer's Mills, near Concord, Mo. 
They were allowed to lay down their arma 
and return home. 

29. Nearly lOO "contrabands" arrived 
at Fortress Monroe in two days. 

29. Rebel State " Conference" at RusacU- 
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29. The <i;reat naval expedition sailed 
from Fortress Mouroo, uiuk-i* tlie coiniiiand 
of Flag--otiiccr Com, Samuel F. Dupoiit, 
oomprisiiig 77 vessels of all classes. The 
land forces, luunberintij i>i»,<1iMi men, wci-i-. 
commanded by IJs'iij.-Gen. T!u .s, \\ . Slier 
man. 

31. Skirmish at Morj^antown, Hrcen 
River, Ky. Col. McIIenry's command drove 
a party of rebels attached to Buckiier's 
camp across tiie river, with loss. 

SI. iM N. York, the jury empaneled for 
the trial of the'sailors cajitured on the pri- 
vateer Savannah, the Hrst rebel armed ves- 
sel tiiat was commissioned, failed to agree. 

Nov. 1. Lieut.-Gen. Wintield Scott, at 
his own request, was retired from active 
service, and .Maj.-(Jen. George B, McClellan 
was appointed Yo succeed him as Gonnnand- 
er iii-eliicf of the U. S. army. 

1, Lieut.-Col. Morse, with 450 cavalry 
and infantry, surprised and routed a rebel 
force 800 strong, under Col. Sween}', in 
camp near Kenick, Randolph co., Mo. 

1. Rebels from Gen. Fioj'd's command 
attacked a Federal c^mp at Gauley Bridge, 
Va., by ciwinonading from the opposite 
shore. They were driven into the hills by 
3 companies from Gen. Benham's camp, at 
Hawk's Nest. 

1. A violent storm overtook the naval 
expedition olF the X. C. coast 8 vessels 
were disabled and returned, 2 were driven 
ashore, and 2 foundered. Seven lives lost. 

2. Gen. Fremont, at Spring^eld, received 
an order from Washington, i-elieving him 
from command of the Department of Mis- 
soiirL Gen. Hnnter was appointed tempo- 
rarily to the command. 

2. An address was issued by Gov. Har- 
ris, of Tenn., calling upon the people to 
furnish ever}' shot-gun and rifle to defend 
the soil. 

2. Major Joseph's Missouri militia, num- 
bering 129, were attacked at Platte City, 
Mo., by Silas Gordon with 300 rebels, who 
were repulsed with a loss of 13 killed and 
wounded, 30 prisoners, many guns, and all 
their equipments. 

2. The English steamer Bermuda ran the 
blockade at Charleston, S. C, with 2,000 
bales of cotton. 

2. Prestonburg, Ky., was occupied by 
Union troops under Gen. Nelson, without 
opposition. 

3. fitxcq. Risingof Union men in E. Tenn., 
who burned or broke down several impor- 
tant railroad bridges. 

3. Five rebel boats made an attack on 
Fort Hatteras. N. C, but were repulsed by 
the U. S. gunboat National, and the Fort. 

3 C'J. Greensle drove rebel troops from 

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Houston, Mo., and returned to Rolla with 
several prisoners and a large amount of 
projierty. 

4. Enthusiastic Union meeting in Bnlti 
more Co.. .M(l.,iKldrcssed by lleverdy John- 
son. 

4. Burbowrsville, Ky., was occupied bj 
l.fiOO Federals without opposition. 

6. Extra session of Soutli Carolina Legis- 
lature adjourned, after' choosing Presiden- 
tial electors and ordering the banks to loan 
the State f;;>00,000. 

fi. Colonel Corcoran and 1 5 other national 
ofHeei-s who were prisoners, wore selected 
by lot by the rebels, as liostagcs, to be hung 
in the event of that punishment being award- 
ed to the privateers held by the national 
government. 

fi. Two i)arties of rebel troops met above 
Newport News, Va., and by mistake fired 
on each other, killing and wounding a 
number. Among the killed wa.-j JIajor 
Bailey, of Mobile. 

6. The grand jury at Fraidctort, Ky., 
found indi<tment,s for treason against 32 
prominent citizens, among whom were R. 
J. Breckinridge, Jr., J. C, Breckinridge, 
Humphrey Marshall, and Bcnj. Desha. 

6. Electors for Presideiit and A'. Presi 
dent were chosen throughout the revolted 
States, and also members of Congress. 

6. 120 Federals, under Capt. Shields, 
were captured by 500 rebels near Little 
Santa Fe, JIo. They were on their way to 
join Gen. Fremont's column. 

6. The 13th Indiana regiment. Col. J. J. 
Sullivan, and Capt.Robinson's Ohio cavalry, 
returned to JIuttonsvillc, Yn., from an ex- 
tensive march through W'elister Co. Several 
rebels were killed and wounded in scouting, 
and 13 jjrisoners taken. 

7. Battle of Belmont, Mo., Gens. Grant 
and McCiernand with 2,850 men, landed at 
Belmont at 8 a.m., drove in the rebel j)ick- 
ets and captured their camp, which was 
burnt. A battery of 12 guns was taken, 
and about 200 prisoners. Meantime, a 
large reinforcement of rebels was landed 
from Columbus, on the opposite side of the 
river, which intercepted Gen. Grant's army 
in their return to their boat.?. The Feder- 
iils cut their way through a much sujierior 
force of the enemy, losing 1 50 of their num- 
ber prisoners, together with their killed 
and wounded, who fell into the hands of the 
rebels. P'ederal loss, 89 killed, 150 wound- 
ed, 150 missing. The rebel loss was great 
er, 155 were taken prisoners. 

7. Gen. Hunter, Fremont's siu-eessor in 
Missouri, repudiated the agreement just 
made between Gens. Fremont and Price, 
the r ebel commander, concerning the privi- 



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Nov. 18G1. 



legas of unarmed citizens, and the disavm- 
iiij^ of unrecoy^nized bodies of men. 

Nov. 7. Skirmishing on New river, near 
G.'iulcy Bridge, Va. Federal forces under 
Gen. llosecrans, drove off a body of rebels 
who had besieged his camp for several days. 
Scr'eral rebels and one private of ISth 
Ohio killed. 

7. The Federal fleet under Com. Dnpont 
captureil Forts Warren and Beauregard at 
Port Royal entrance, and took the town of 
Beaufort, S. C, with a loss of 8 killed, 6 
badly wounded, and 17 slightly. None of 
the national vessels seriously damaged. 
Rebel loss unknown, but not large. 

7. Two launches and 40 men, commanded 
by Lieut. Jas. E. Jouett, from the U.S. frigate 
Santee, off Galveston, Texas, surprised and 
burnt the rebel privateer Royal Yacht, by 
night, after a sharp conflict, killing several 
of the rebels, and cajjluring 13. Federal 
loss 2 killed and 7 wounded. 

8. U. S. gunboat Rescue shelled out a 
rebel battery at Urbana Greek, on the Rap- 
pahannock, Va., and captured a large schoo- 
ner with stores. 

8. Five railwaj' bridges were burned in 
E. Tennessee by Unionists. 

8. Capt. Wilkes, with the U. S. steam 
sloop-of-war San Jacinto, overhauled the 
English mail steamer Trent in the Bahama 
channel, and took from her the rebel emis- 
saries Ma on and Slidell, with their secre- 
taries, who had taken passage for England. 

8. Col. (Jrensle returned with his com- 
mand to Rolla, Mo., from an expedition 
against the rebels in Texas co., bringing 9 
prisoners, 500 head of cattle and 40 horses 
and mules. 

8. A portion of Gen. Nelson's KJ^ brig- 
ade were ambuscaded while on their way to 
Piketon, Ky., by 200 rebels in a strong 
position. The rebels were dispersed with 
the loss of 10 killed, 15 wounded. Gen. 
Nelson had (J killed and 24 wounded. An- 
other portion of Gen. Nelson's brigade un- 
der command of Col. Sill, reached Piketon 
by a circuitous route, and attucked a body 
of rebels, defeating them with a small loss, 
and having one Federal soldier killed. 

8. A bridge on the E. Tenn. railway, 200 
feet span, was destroyed by Unionists. 
Also 4 on the line N. of Knoxville, and a 
heavy wooden bridge at Charleston, Brad- 
ley CO., Tenn. 

'9. Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Halleck, of Cal., 
was ordered to take command of the De- 
partment of Missouri, in place of Gen. 
Fremont: Brig. -Gen. Don Carlos Buell, of 
Ind., was appointed to command the De- 
partment of Kentucky: Maj.-Gen. Hunter 
to command the Department of Kansas : 

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Col. E. R. S. Canley, the Department of N. 
Mexico. 

10. A band of rebel marauders was cajv 
tured by Lieut. Shriver, with a squad of 
1st Iowa cavalry, near Clark's Station, Mo. 

10. A j)()riioa of Gen. Cox's brigade cross- 
ed the New river near Gauley. Va., and 
.attacked Floyd's forces posted there, who 
retreated after a severe skirmish, in which 
the 11th Ohio regiment lost 8 killed and 10 
wounded. 

10. 150 of the 9th Virginia regiment. 
Col. K. V. Whaley, were surprised at Guy- 
andott(>, Va., on the Oliio river, liy a supe- 
rior force of rebels, and after a sliarp skir- 
mish, in which 8 of the Federals were killed 
and 12 wounded, and nearl}' the same loss 
sustained by tlie rebels, Col. Wlialey and 
45 of his men were captured, and the rest 
escaj)ed. About two-thirds of the town 
was burned next day by the Union Virginia 
and Oiiio troops who arrived tiiere, in re- 
taliation for the treachery and cruelty of 
the rebel inhabitants evinced in tlie scenes 
of the engagement. 

11. At Columbus, Kj'., two rebel lieu- 
tenants and six priv.ates were killed bj the 
explosion of a Dahlgrcn gun. Rev. Maj.- 
Gen. Polk uarrowlj- escaped. 

11. Ill) of Col. AnthoMj''s iiegiment at- 
tacked a i-ebel camp on the Little Blue 
river, near Kansas City. Mo., which proved 
too strong for them, and after severe tight. 
Col. Anthony's men were drawn off in good 
order, losing 8 killed and 8 wounded. 

12. Reconnoissance in force by Gen, 
Heintzclmai), with G.i Oi men, to Occoquan 
Creek, Va., 18 miles from Alexandria. Capt. 
Todd's company of Lincoln cavalry were 
surprised by a superior force of rebels, 3 
killed, 1 wounded and 3 taken prisoners, 
including the captain, 

12. Attack on tiie U.S. fleet at the Passes 
of the Mississippi, by the Manassas Ram, 
5 gunboats and several fire ships, under 
command of Capt. Ilollins. U. S. ship 
Vincennes grounded, and the Richmond 
was damaged by the ram and also ground- 
ed : but the enemy were driven off without 
obtaining any advantage. 

12. The privateer Beauregard, of Charles- 
ton, S. C, with 27 mcji, was captured 100 
miles E. N. E. of Abaco, by the U. S. slooj)- 
of war W. G. Anderson, Lieut. W. C. Rog- 
ers, commanding. 

1 2. Skirmish on Laurel Creek by portions 
of Gen. Benimm's with Gen. Floyd's forct?, 
in which the rebels retreated after small 
loss. 

12. Skirmish of Gen. Kelly's pickets 
near Romney, Va., losing 2 killed and seve- 
ral wounded. 12 rebels taken prisoners. 



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13. Rebel Gen. ZollicofFer retreated from 
Ciiinbcrlainl Fcnl to Ciiiiiberland (iap/lViin. 

14. Tlie iirivatcer schooner Ne\a, from 
China, was seized at San F.-anciieo, C'al., 
by Capt. Tease, of U. S. cutter "■'ary. 

14. Lieut J. II. Rigby. with 2n 'men of 
the Gist Artillery, on an expedition from 
Salisbury, Md., to Wilmiinitoii and New- 
castle, Md., seized :> brass pouiulers and 
lim nmskets, in possession of secessionists 
in those places. 

14. The Gov. of Florida, by proelania- 
tion, forbade the enlistment of citizens of 
tluit State to serve in any other jjortion of 
the Confeileraey. 

14. 5;:5ii,ii((n had been raised by Southern 
people for the widow of " the martyr Jack- 
son," who killed Col. Ellsworth, at Alex- 
andria, Va. 

14. Gen. ISenliam, in pursuit of the army 
of Gen. Floyd, in W. Va., overtook the rear 
g;uard near McCoy's Alills, and defeated it, 
killing l.'i rebels, ainonf;-1hem Col. ('ro<j;lian. 
Floyd, in his retreat, destvoj'cd 20(i of his 
tents, and lost lu wagon-loads of aniinmii- 
tioii and arms. 

14. Fast-day was observed in the rebel 
States. 

14. Steamshij) Chamjiion arrived at New 
York from Aspinwall, bringing Gen. Sum- 
ner and several conipaiiies of regular sol- 
diers from San Francisco, having under 
arrest e.\-Senators Gwin and I>rent, and C. 
Benham, late Attorney General of Califor 
nia, charged with connilicity with the 
rebels. 

16. A jiarty of 57 of the N. Y. 30th, at- 
tached to Gen. Keyes' brigade on the Poto- 
mac, while out foraging west of Upton's 
Hill, Va., were betrayed and surrounded by 
20ii rebel cavalrj-, and one half their num- 
ber, with the teams and wagons, captured. 

16. 5it wagons and 50rr oxen, with the 
teamsters and stores, were captured near 
Pleasant Hill. Cass co.. Mo., by the rebels. 

16. <i8 Federal prisoners, the crews of 
fishing smacks captured off the Florida 
coast, were taken to Tallahassee, Fla. 

17. Union troops under Col. Alcorn, 
defeated Hawkins' regiment at Cypress 
Bri<lge, McClean co., Kj'., routing them 
with severe loss, and taking 25 prisoners, 
300 horses, etc. Federal loss, 10 killed, 
15 wounded. 

17. A party of Union troops recaptured 
nearly all the wagons and cattle seized the 
day before near Pleasant Hill, Mo. 

17. U. S. gunboat Connecticut captured 
Britisli schooner Adelaide, with inilitar\' 
ptores and supplies for rebels, near Cape 
Carnaveral, and took her into Key West. 

17. Lieut. G. W. Snyder, U. S. A., a val- 

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uable engineer officer, died at Washington, 
of typhoid fever. 

17. The 3d Missouri cavalry routed a 
large number of rebels near Palmyra, Mo., 
while on their way to join Price's army, 
killing 3. wounding 5, taking Hi prisoners. 

IS. The rebel Congress met at Rich- 
mt>nd, v., Howell Cobb, of Ga., in the chair. 

IS. Capt. A. 11 Foote was appointed Flag- 
officer of the Meet of the Western Military 
Department. 

18. Gen. Ilalleck assumed charge of the 
Missouri Dcjmrtment, rirt Gen. Hunter. 

IS. Information was received at Wash- 
ington of tlie imposition practised upon the 
Indians west of Arkansas, by Albert Pike, 
rebel Commissioner. 

18. Rebel troops in Accomac and North- 
ampton cos., Va., disbanded, and Union 
troojis, under Gen. Lockwood, .seized their 
arms and look ))ossession of the peninsula. 

Is. iTjO rel-.eis were taken prisonei-s by 
Fedei'al ca\alry, near Warreiisburg, Mo. 

\9. Missouri rebel legislature, at Neosha, 
Newton co., passed an ordinance of seces 
sion. 

19. N. Y. ship Harvey Birch was cap- 
tured and buint in the British channel by 
the rebel steamer Nasliville. 

19. The principal part of Warsaw, capi- 
tal of Benton co., Mo., was burnt by rebels. 

19. Lieut. Worden, U.S.N. , held prisoner 
by the rebels, was exchanged for Lieut. 
Short, of the Confederate army. 

19. U. S. gunboat Conestoga engaged 
rebel batteries on tiie Tennessee river, and 
silenced them, receiving but slight damage 
herself 

19. First flotilla of the "Stone Fleet" 
sailed for the South, from Conn, and Mass. 

20. Col. Burchard, with Lieut. Gregg and 
24 men, attacked a large company of rebels 
under Capts. Hays and Gregg, near Kansas 
I ity. Mo., and defeated them, killirg 5 ai.d 
wounding 8. The CoL and Lieut, were 
slightly wounded. 

20. A si)ecial Committee from the Vir- 
ginia State Convention to consider proposed 
amendments to the State Constitution, re- 
ported in opj)osition to free schools and 
free suffrage for poor whites. 

20. Secession Stale Convention at Ru?- 
selville, Kj'., adopted an ordinance of seces- 
sion, and appointed Commissions to the 
rebel government. 

22. Two U. S. gunboats, Cambridge and 
Ilertzel, from Fortress INlonroe, shelled out 
the camps of the 2d Louisiana and 10th 
Geo gia regiments, at the junction of James 
and Warwick rivers. 

22. Fort Pickens opened fire on the rebel 
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JVoi'. 1 86 1 



which was replied to by them, and a se- 
vere cannonade ensued for two days. Much 
damage was experienced by Fort McRae, 
the Navy Yard, and town of Warrington — 
loss of life slight on either side. The U. 8. 
fleet in tl»e harbor took part. Tlie Rich 
niond was biully dauiaged by a shot. 1 
killed, 6 wounded at Fort Pickens : 1 killed, 
7 wounded on the llichuiond. 

Nov. 23. Tlie Confederate gunboat Tus- 
eorora accidentally took lire and was de- 
stroyed on the Alississippi, near Helena, 
Ark. 

24. An explosion took place at Fort Pick- 
ens, Fla., by the careless handling of a shell, 
by which 5 men were killed, and 7 wounded. 

21. A skirmisii in Lancaster, Mo., be- 
tween 450 Federals under Col. Moore, and 
420 rebels commanded by Lieut.-Col. Blan- 
ton. The rebels were routed with the loss 
of 13 killed, and many wounded and priso- 
ners. Union loss, 1 killed and 2 wounded. 

24. Tybee Island, in Havannah harbor, 
was occupied by U. S. forces under Flag- 
officer Dupont. 

24. Rebel Commissioners Mason and Sli- 
dell were imprisoned in Fort Wan-en, Mass. 

25. Col. Bayard with tlie 1st Pa. Cav- 
alry made a reconnoiasance from Langley to 
Dranesville, Va., and in a skinuisli killed 
2 and captured 4 rebels. 3 or 4 were 
wounded, 6 secessionists were al.so arrest- 
ed. 2 of the Cavalry were wounded. 

25. Com. Tatnall, with 3 steamers and a 
gunboat, attacked ti»e Federal fleet in Cock- 
spur Roads, Ga., but witlidrew without in- 
jury, after 40 or 50 shots were exchanged. 

25. The State of Missouri, as represented 
by the late Governor Jackson and the Com- 
missioners from the rebel members of the 
Legislature, was unanimously received by 
the Richmond Congress as a member of 
tlie I'oufederacy. 

26. The house of Mr. Bell, near Frank- 
Hn, Tenn.. was attacked by an armed party 
of rebels, the building lired, and the in- 
mates, some 10 or 12, all killed or burned 
but two, who escaped. 

26. Skirmish at Black Oak Point, Hick- 
OT}' CO., Mo. Capt. Cosgrove and Lieut. 
Bobbitt, with 25 men, surprised a rebel 
camp, killed 5, captured 8, and took 75 
tents, 6 wagons, 10 horses, 35 guns, and 
other property, and released 6 loyal pris- 
oners. 

26. A squadron of the 3d Pa. Cavalry, 
wear Vienna, Va., were attacked on three 
Mdes by a superior force of cavalry and in- 
fentry,'and retreated after a sliort engage- 
ment. 2',' of their men were missing. 

•6. The Convention to form a wjw State 
in W, Vft., met at Wheeling. 

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27. Federal troops, from Gen. Sherman's 
conmiand, visited Bear Island and Edisto 
Island, near the mouth of the Ashepoo 
river, S. C. 

^7. Henry R. Jackson was appointed a 
Maj.-Gen. in the Georgia army. 

27. Gen. McClellan appointed the houi 
of 11 eacli Sabbath for religious worship 
thrwighout the U. S. army, and directed 
that all officers and men off duty should 
have opportunity to attend. 

27. Transport Constitution sailed from 
Fortress Monroe to Sliip Island, Missis- 
sippi i^nmd, with a portion of Gen. But- 
ler's expedition, under Brig. Gen. Phelps. 

28. Capts. Robb and White, and Lieut.- 
Moonlight, three U. S. officers, were cap- 
tured from the railway train at Weston, 
Mo., by Sy. Gordon. 

28. S. C. planters on the seaboard burnt 
their cotton, to prevent its capture by the 
Federal forces or the coast. 

2'J. The English Government forbade 
temporarily the exportation of cotton. 

29. Major Hough, with 4 companies of 
Missouri cavalry, in defence of the Sedalia 
railway train, had an engagement at Black 
Walnut Creek, Mo., in which 17 rebels were 
killed and wonnded, and 6 taken prisoners. 
5 of the cavalry, including the Major, were 
wounded. 

29. Col. De Kay, Maj. Sharpf and other 
Federal officers, and 40 men, had a skir- 
mish about a nule beyond New Market, 
Va., in which the rebels were routed, leav- 
ing 2 dead, and carrying off their wounded. 

Dec. li The U. S. steamer Penguin ar- 
rived at Brooklyn with tlie prize " Albion," 
captured wliile attempting to run the block- 
ade at Charleston, S. C, with arms, ammu- 
nition, provisions, <lkc., worth $10(1,000. 

1. A party of Federals attacked tlie rebel 
pickets at M')rristown, E. Tenn., killing a 
large number and putting the rest to flight. 

1. Skirmish near Hunter's Chapel, Va., 
between a squadron of Gen. Blenker's horse- 
men and a equatlron of rebel cavalry, who 
were defeated, losing 3 or 4 killed and 
wounded, and 2 prisoners. 1 Federal killed. 

2. The fir.st regular session of tlie o7th 
Congress commenced at Washington. 

2. A party of citizens in Mo., near Dunks- 
burg, 2(1 miles west of Sedalia. attacked a 
body .of rebels under Capts. Young and 
Wheatley, killing 7 and wounding 10 of 
them. Several citizens slightly wounded. 

3. Skirmish at Salem, Dent co., Mo. A 
party of Federal soldiers, commanded by 
Maj. Bowen, were surprised and fired on, 
while sleeping in a house near headquar- 
ters, by 30(» rebels under Cols. Fracman and 
Turner, and 15 killed and wounded. The 



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main body of the Federals were drawn out 
by Maj. Bowen, who attacked the rebels in 
turn and drove them from the town. I 
Federal killed and 4 wounded. Rebel lass 
unknown. 

3. 11. C. Burnett of Ky. and J. W. Reed 
of Mo. were e.\pelled from U. S. House of 
Representatives as traitors. 

4. Col. Taylor with 30 men of the 3d 
New Jersey had a .skirmish with a number 
of rebel ejivalry near Annandale, Yn., three 
or four of whom were eapturod, and several 
killed and wounded witliout Federal Iojs. 

4. Gen. Phelps, with '2,OiiO men, attached 
to Gen. Butler's expedition, occupied Ship 
Island, Mississippi Sound. 

4. A detachment of Federal cavalrj- sur- 
prised the rebel guard at Whip-poor-will 
Bridge, on the Memphis Branch railway, 
Ky.. taking 11 jirisonors. 5 or t5 Confed- 
erates were killed or wounded. 4 Federals 
were wounded. 

4. J. C. Breckinridge was expelled from 
the U. S. Senate. 

5. Reports of the Sees, of War and Navy 
show tbe Government had in service for 
the war (kS2,'.»71 men. 

5. Skirmish at Brownsville, Ky. 100 
Home Guards defeated a superior rebel 
force under Gen. T. ('. Hindman, of Ark. 
Rebel loss, 3 killed, 5 wounded ; the Guards 
sustaining no loss. 

6. Successful foray of the 13th Mass., 
Col. Leonard, from the Potoiuac to Berkley 
Springs, Va., capturing a large quantity of 
provisions. 

5. Riot at Nashville, Tenn., occasioned by 
the attempt of the rc'bel authorities to en- 
force the the endraftmcnt of the militia. Two 
persons were killed and several wounded. 

7. At Sedalia, Mo., 106 mule teams and 
the teamsters were seized by rebels. 

7. Capt. Sweeney, with 35 rebel guer- 
rillas, were captured near Glasgow, Mo., 
by Capt. Merrill's cavalry. 

7- Skirmish near Datn No. 5 on the Po- 
tomac. Rebels driven off, losing 1'2 men. 

7. Skirmish near Olathe, Mo. 2 Federals 
killed. 3 rebels killed and 5 wounded. 

8. Capt. ^IcGuire's company of 27th Mo., 
captured 14 rebels at Sedalia, Mo. 

8. U. S. steamer Augusta captured schr. 
E. AVaterman, loaded with provisions, coal 
and war munitions, off Savannah, Ga. 

9. Gen. Halleck required all municipal 
officers at St, L<juis, Mo., as well as State 
officials, to subscribe to the oatli of allegi- 
ance prescribed bj' the State Convention in 
October previous, 

9. The U. S. steamer Harriet Lane, and 
steamers attached to the u]>per Potomac 
flotilla, shelled the woods at Budd's Ferry, 

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and exchanged shots ■with the rebel "batteries 
opposite, at Shipping Point. Some large 
buildings, containing rebel stores, were 
burnt, by boatmen from the Jacob Bell and 
Anacosta. 

9. Gov. Pickens of S. C. proclaimed the 
State invaded, by land and sea, and called 
for 12,000 twelve-month volunteers. 

9. A detachment of the "Stone Fleet" ' 
left New Bedford, Mass., for a southern port. 

9. Garret Davis was elected a senator 
from Ky., in ])lacc of J. C. Brw^kinridge. 

9. The rebel Congress "admitted" Ken- 
tucky to the Confederacy. 

11. Federal troops, under Licut.-CoL 
Rhodes, had a skirmish near Bertrand, Mo., 
losing 1 man. They took 10 prisoners and 
a number of horses and fire-arms, 

1 1 Five vessels of the Stone Fleet, and 
the -ships George Green and Bullion, of 
Gen Butler's expedition, sailed from Bos- 
toa, Mass. 

1 i. Skirmish at Darn No. 4, on the Po- 
tomac, near Sharpsburg, Md. Seven rebels 
on the Virginia shore were killed, and many 
womded. Capt. Williams and G men hav- 
ing crossed the river were captured by the 
rebels. 

1 1. Great fire at Charleston, S. C. 6(»0 
houses destroyed. 

1 2. A squad of men from Col. W^hitaker'a 
regiment were defeated in an attempt to 
arrest secessionists near Bagdad, Shelby 
CO., Ky., and retreated with one wounded. 

12. Col. Merrill's cavalry regiment re- 
turned to Sedalia, Mo., from Waverley, 
bringing as prisoners 4 rebel capts. , 2 lieuts. 
and 40 men, a mortar, and many horses. 

12. Co. I, of 15th Ohio, were attacked 
on the banks of the Green river, Ky., by & 
superior force of rebel cavalry, Avhom they 
repulsed, wounding several of the cavalry, 
without loss themselves. 

13. Villages of PapinsvUle and Butler, 
Bates CO., Mo., rebel rendezvous, were 
burned l:)y Maj. Williams of the 3d Kansas. 

13. Wm. H. Johnson, of the Lincoln Cav- 
alry, a deserter, who was captured, under 
military order was shot. 

13. The British ship Admiral was cap- 
tured off Savannah, Ga., while attempting 
to run in, by the Augusta. 

13. Rebel Gov. Jackson, of Mo., issued a 
proclamation, frojn New Madrid, praising 
the valor, fortitude and success of the rebel 
army, and calling for more volunteers. 

13. Battle of Camp Alleghany, Va. 2,000 
Federal troops, under Brig.-Gen, R. H. Mil- 
roy, marched from Cheat Mountain Sunmiit 
to'attack a rebel camp on Alleghany Sum- 
mit, of 2,0ri0 troops, under Col. E. Johnson. 
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Dec. 18GI 



750 each, from dilTerent directions, but did 
not arrive siiiuiltaiieously, and alternately 
attacked the whole rebel force. They re- 
tired after a well contested flight of 8 hours, 
losinj^ '20 killed. 107 wounded, and 10 miss- 
ing. Tlie rebels reported about the same 

t0S!J. 

Dec. 14. Ex-minister Faulkner was re- 
leased on i)arole, to be exchanged for Con- 
gressman Ely. 

14. Reeonnoissaiice by Federal troops, 
within '28 miles of Charleston, S. C. The 
rebels, as they retreated, burnt their cotton. 

16. Skirmisli on the Virginia shore, op- 
posite Berlin, Md. A detaciiment from the 
'28th Penn. were attacked by I'iu rebels in 
ambush, but cut their way through to their 
boat, and escaped, having 1 wounded, and 
2 taken pris(^ners. 2 of the enemy were 
killed and 5 wounded. 

15. Many Union refugees escaped from 
Arkansas. Capt. Ware, late of the Ark. 
Lt^gislature. organized a military comp my 
of Ark. Union men at RoUa, Mo. 

16. Platte Cil}-, Mo., was fired by rebels, 
and the principal public buildings le- 
6troyed. 

16. The Enropa arrived from England, 
with news of the excitement among the 
Britisii people occasioned by the arre-st of 
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and also the ul- 
timatum of the British Government, de- 
manding a surrender of the rebel commis- 
aioners, and an apology for their seizure. 
Mr. Seward's dispatch to Mr. Adams, dated 
Nov. oO, having settled the matter in an- 
ticipation, there was but little excitement 
in the public mind. 

16. Gen. ZollieofFer established a camp 
on the banks of tlie Cumberland river, six 
miles from Somerset. Ky. 

16. A party of 8 oen from the 2d and 
4th N. J. advanced to Annandale, on the 
south bank of the Potomac. They were 
surprised by the enemy and 3 of them cap- 
tured. 

17. Battle at Munfordsville, Green river, 
Ky. The rebels defeated ; 33 killed and 00 
wounded. Federal loss, 10 killed and 17 
woundetl. 

17. Cien. Pope captured 300 rebels near 
Osceola, Mo. 

17. Entrance to the harbor at Savannah, 
Ga., blockaded by sinking 7 vessels laden 
with stone. 

18. A part of Gen. Pope's forces under 
Col. J. C. Davis and Col. F. Steele, sur- 
prised a rebel camp near Milford, north of 
Warrensburg, Mo., and captured nearly 
1300 men, 7o wagons loaded with stores, 
and all their camp ecjuipage and arms. 
I'cJeral loss, 2 killed, 17 wounded. 

o.-) 



18. Gen. Barnard, Chief engineer of the 
U. S. army, reported to Congress that the 
defences around Wasliington euiisi-ted of 
48 woiks, tiie perimeter of which was 48 
miles, mounting above 300 guns. 

18. The Island City sailed from Boston 
for Fortress Monroe with 240 I'ebel pri.<on 
ers, to be exchanged. 

18. Rebel Gen. Jackson atleinpted a 
movement against Williamsport, Md., but 
Gen. Williams being on the alert, tlie rebel 
force retired. 

18. News from Xy., that Gen. MeCook, 
was at Munfordsville, Gen. Mitchell at 
Bacon Creek, and Gen. ZoUicotfer, (rebel) 
at Cumberland river, neai' .Mill Spiiiigs. 

19. Skirmishing at I'oii.t of lloeks, 
Md. Rebels from Va. shore conmienced 
siielling the encampment of Col. Gear\''a 
Pennsylvania regiment, but were re|ndsed 
after half an hour's fight, without loss on 
the Federal side. 

19. A band of 25 rebels visited the town 
of Ripley, Jackson Co., Va., and seized all 
the arms in the place, some ammunition 
and clothing. Tliey also robbed t he jtosl- 
oftice and the principal store in the place. 

20. George W. Jones, late U. S. Min- 
ister to Bogota, was arrested in New 
York on a charge of treason. 

20. Battle of Dranesville,Va. Federal 
forces, under Gen. E. O. C. Ord, defeat- 
ed about 2,8no Confederates from South 
Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia. Federal 
force about 4,000 men, of whom 7 were 
killed 'and 61 wounded. Rebel loss, 76 
killed 1.50 wounded aud 30 prisoners, to- 
gether with a large supjily of forage. 

20. A scouting party under Capt. Wood, 
captured loO rebels near Springlield, Mo., 
who were released upon taking the oath 
of allegiance. 

20. A party of rebels from Gen. Price's 
army committed extensive ravages on the 
N. Missouri railway, between Hudson and 
Warrenton. The bridges, wi)od-|)iles, water 
tanks, ties and rails were destroyed along 
the route for 80 miles. 

20. iDo Federal soldiers, under Major 
McKee, repulsed a superior foret of rebels 
four miles S. of Hudson, Mo., killing 10 and 
capturing 17 prisoners and 30 horses, at 
the same time rescuing a stock train which 
had just been seized by the rebels. 

20. The main ship channel at Ciiarleston 
harbor, was obstructed by sinking 16 ves- 
sels of the " stone fleet." 

22. Reconnoissance in the vicinity of Ty- 
l)pe Island and Broad river, Ga., from Geu. 
Sherman's command. 

22. Skirmish near New Market bridge, 
Newport News, Va. Two com|>anies ol 



Dec. 1861 



CHRONOLOGY. 



£Ota N. Y. legimeit, under Mnjor Schoepf, 
were attacked by 700 reliel cavalry and in- 
fantrv, and escaped with loss of (j wound- 
ed. Ten of the enemy were killed and a 
fluniber wounded, when they retreated. 

23. Gen. I'ope sent an expedition to Lex- 
ington, Mo. Two boats of the rebels were 
captured and burnt, 

26. A skirmish took place at Camp 
Boyle, Columbia, Ky. A body of rebels 
were attacked bj' a dolaehment of Col. 
liazzard's regiment, under Major Dusley, 
■who dispersed thoni, killing 5 and wound- 
ing others, without loss themselves. 

26. (reii. MeCall sent a reconnoitering 
party towards Dranesville, Va., wiiieh was 
driven back by tiie rebels, who had a force 
of 10,000 men'there. 

26. A Cabinet Council at Washington, 
decided to give up Mason and Slidell, on 
the ground that tiicy could not be held 
consistently with the doctrine of neutral 
rights always maintained by the U. S. 
Government. 

26. Gen. Scott arrived at New York, in 
tlio Arago, from France. 

26. Bluffton, S. C, was occupied by 
Federal troops under Gen. Stevens. 

26. The Lighthouse on Morris Island, 
Charleston, S. C. harbor, was blown up by 
order of relK'l authorities. 

26. Major Gower, with a squadron of 
1st Iowa cavalry, arrived at Jefferson City, 
Mo., bringing as prisoners, 1 capt., 13 men, 
and 1(1 wagon loads of stores. 

26. Pliilip St. George Cook, a Brig.-Gen. 
in the rebel army, shot himself, at his resi- 
dence in Powhatan Co., Va. 

26. A fire occurred in the government 
Btables at Washington, D. C, in which 
nearly 200 horses were burned. 

27. Lord Lyons, the British minis- 
ter at Washington, was notified tliat Mason 
and Slidell awaited his disposal. 

27. Alfred Ely, U. S. representative 
from Rochester, N. Y., taken prisoner at 
Manassas Plains, was released in exchange 
for v. J. Faulkner. 

27. The rebel privateer Isabel, ran the 
blockade off Charlest-on, S. C. 

27. The bridges over Fabias river on tiie 
Palmyra railway. Mo., destroyed by rebels. 

28. Gen. Buell's army in Ky., was re- 
ported by the War Department to num- 
ber 60,01)0 men. 

28. The rebels at Bowling Green, Ky„ 
Were rei)ort,ed to number 30,000. under 
Gens. A. S. Johnston, Buckner, and Hind- 
man. 

28. Gen. Prentiss, with 5 companies 3rd 
Missouri cavalry, under Col. John Glover, 
and 5 companies of Col. Birge's sharp- 

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shooters, 470 in nil, attacked a rebel camp 
at Mount Zion, in Boone Co., Mo., number- 
ing nearly 'MO men. The reliels were 
routed, losing 25 killed, 1.50 wounded, an<! 
40 prisoners. 90 of their hoisrs and lOS 
stand of arms were captured. The Feder»l 
loss was .3 killed and 4(i wounded. 

28. A squadron of Federal cav.ilrj', from 
Col. Jackson's regiment, conunanded by 
Major Murray, left their cMmp near Cal- 
houn, Ky., on a scouting expedition acrass 
Green river. Tiiey were attacked near 
Sacramento, by a large force of rebels un- 
der Col. Dc Forrest, and after a sli<.)vt en- 
gagement compelled to retiie. Capt. A. G. 
Bacon was killed, and Lieut. 11. U. King, 
of Frankfort, and 8 privates wounded. 
Capt. Merri weather and two privates of 
the rebels were killed, and a number 
wounded. 

30. The rebel Gen. II. II. Sibley having 
entered New Mexico with a military force 
without o|)position, took possession of it, 
and annexed it to the Southern Confed- 
eracy by proclamation. 

30. Messrs. Thomas and Burnett, of Ky., 
were "qualified " and took their seats in 
the rebel Congress at Richmond, Va. 

31. Two boats under Acliiig-Masteis 
A. Allen, and H. L Sturges, fiom tlie 
U. S. steamer. Mount Vernon, destroyed a 
ligwt ship off Wilmington, N.C., which f 1\<' 
rebels had fitted up for a gunbtiat. The 
expedition was at niglit, and the boats 
wer-e under fire from Fort Caswell, but es- 
caped injury. 

3L Capt. Shillinglaw and Mason, N. Y. 
79th, and Lieutenants Diekinson, 3rd U.S. 
infantry, J. W. Hart, 20th Indiana, and 
other officers and men were released by the 
rebels from Richmond, Va. 

31. C'apture of the town of Biloxi, Miss, 
by U. S. gunboats Lewis, Water Witch, 
and New London, with national forces 
from Ship Island. The town and fort 
surrendered without a fight. The guns 
were removed by Commander Stnith, and 
the Federals retired. 

1862. 

Jan. 1- The rebel Commissioners Mason 
and slidell, with their Secretaries, left Bos- 
ton for England, via Provincetown, Mass., 
where the British war steamer Kinaldo 
received them. 

1. Col. H. Brown opened fire from Fort 
Pickens on the rebel vessels and fortifica- 
tions within range of his guns, which was 
returned by the enemy. 

1. The British bark Empress ai-rived at 
New Yoi'k as a prize, with 6,5UU bags o/ 
coffee, captured by the U. S. sloop-of-war 
Vincennes, off New Orleans bar. 



THE ^VAIl FOK THE UNION. 



Jan. 1803 



Jau .1. Part uf llid Louisville iiml Nash- 
ville i-iiiiway was destroyed by order of 
tile rfliel Gen. Buckiier. 

1. Skirnii^li at Port Royal Ferry, S. C. 
F'-deral tioKps under Gen. Stevens, with 
the assiatance of live gunboats, crossed from 
Beanfort to the mainland and attacked 
batteries erected by the rebels, who re- 
treated towards Grahamville. Federal 
K>s3, 3 killed, ] 1 wounded. Rebels, 6 kill- 
ed, 12 wonnded. 

1. J.'tf. (.)wens, Col. Jones, and 60 rebel 
bri<lge-l)urnors were captured near Martins- 
burg, .\driau Co.. Mo., by Slate militia un- 
der General Schotield. 

1. Four Fedei'al soldiers were captured, 
1 killed, and 10 guns taken by a party of 
rebels on Green river, Ky., near Morgan- 
town. 

2. The U. S. gunboats Yankee and Ana- 
costa, exchanged shots with the rebel bat- 
teries at Cockpit Point, on the Potomac. 

2. Daniel P. White of Ky., qualified and 
took his st-at in the Confederate Congress. 

3. Col. Glover, with 300 Federal troops, 
attiicked a rebel camp 9 miles N. of Hun- 
newell. Mo., taking 8 prisoners, putting the 
rest to flight, and capturing a quantity of 
arms, (tc. 

3. 240 released Federal prisoners ar- 
rived at Fortress Monroe from Richmond. 

4. Tiie 84th Pa., 39th 111., 50U cavalry 
and other troops were driven from 
Bath, Va., l)y a superior rebel force under 
Gen. Ja<;ksoii, who took 30 Federals pris- 
oners. Tlie Federals retreated to Hancock, 
Md. 7 rebels were killed and a numl)er 
wounded. 3 of the Federals were killed, 
several wounded. 

4. Skirmish at Iluntersville, W. Va. A 
portion of the 25th Ohio, 2d Va.. and 
Bracken's Ind. cavalry, all under Major 
Webster, attacked a rebel force of 400 
cavalry and 350 infantry who were guard- 
ing tile rebel su|)plies at that depot. They 
were routed with a loss of 2 killed and 7 
wounded, leaving $50,000 worth of army 
frtores whieh were destroyed b}- Unionists. 

5. Skirmish on the mainland near Port 
Royal, S. C. 7 rebels were captured. 

5. Ilebcl army under Gen. Jackson bom- 
V)ardcd Hancock, Md. from the of>posite 
Va. shore, but were driven away by ar- 
tillery forces imder Gen. Lander without a 
close engagement 

6. Five Federal soldiers were killed by 
rebels in ambush in Johnson Co., Kansas. 

6. 4.00(1 Clierokee Indians were driven 
frem their hotnes by Texas rebels. 

7. Destruction of bridges and culverts 
on the Bait, and Ohio railway, near the 
Cftoapon river, by rebel Gen. Jackson. 

24 



7. Engagement at Blue's Gap, near Rom 
ney, W. Va. Federal troops under CoL 
Dunning, of the 5th Ohio, attacked 2,000 
of the enemy, routing then) with the loss 
of 15 killed, 20 prisoners, 2 pieces of can- 
non, their wagons, <fec. No Federal loss. 

7. 300 of tlie 32d Ohio, under Capt. 
Lacej-, were sent by Gen. Milroy into Tuck- 
er Co., Va., where they dispersed 400 
rebels, eaptui-ing 2 officers and a private, 
and a large quantity of stores. 4 rebels 
were found dead and many were wounded. 

7. Three brigades of Gen. Smith's divi- 
sion, S. side of the Potomac, prt)ceeded to- 
ward I'eacock Hill, Lewinsville, Fairfax 
Court House and Vienna, and captured ao 
immense quantity of hay, oats, corn, <fec. 

7. A band of rebels having seized a quan- 
tity of army stores from the depot at Sut- 
ton, Bra.\ton Co., W. Va., information was 
sent to Col. 11. Anisansel, comnianding 1st 
Virginia Cavalry, at Clarksburg. The Col. 
overtook tlie rebels 30 miles Ji. of Sutton, 
and, attacking them, killed or woimded 22, 
took 15 horses and 56 head of cattle, and re- 
captured the greater part of the stores. 

7. Skirmish at Paintsville, near I'reston- 
burg, Ky. Col. Garfield dispersed 2,500 
rebels under Hiwnphrey Marshall, killing?, 
wounding a large number, and capturing 
15. Federal loss 2 killed and 1 wounded. 

8. The newspapers of ^lissouri were put 
under military censorship, and their edilora 
ordered to send two copies of each issue to 
the Provost Marshal. 

8. Riot at Warsaw, Mo. Two secessionists 
were shot. 

8. Reconnoissance of gunboats towards 
Savannah, Ga., under conunand of Capt. 
Davis. 

8. Capt. Latham and 17 men of 2d Vir- 
ginia regiment, encountered about 30 rebel 
guerrillas on the Dry Fork of Cheat river, 
W. Va., and after a severe fight of an hour's 
dur.itiou, the rebels were driven from the 
field with the loss of 6 killed and several 
wounded. Federal loss tt wonnded. Capt. 
Latham destroyed the rebel tents and pro- 
visions. 

8. The 1st Kansas regiment, on its march 
from Sedalia to Lexington, Mo., was fired 
upon from ambush, and a sergeant and 2 
horses killed. 

8. A. W. Bradford was inaugurated as 
Governor of Mar^-land, and made an elo- 
quent address, expressing in the strongest 
terms devotion to the Union and the Con- 
stitution. 

8. Major W. M. G. Torrence of the Ist 
Iowa cavalrj', assisted by detachments of 
the 1st ilissouri cavalry, Major Hubbard, 
4th Ohio and Merrill's Horse, in all 500 



Jan. 18G2. 



CHRONOLOGV. 



mountefl men, attacked a rebel camp at 
Silver Ci-cek, Howard Co., Mo., whore six 
or eigiit liuiiilred men were stationed, un- 
der Col. Poindexter. The enemy were 
routed with a loss of 12 kiUed, 22 wounded, 
and 15 prisoners, leaving their horses, guns, 
and camp and garrison equi|Kige. The ma- 
terial was destroyed b}' Major Torrence. 
Federal loss 3 killed and 10 wounded, 

9. A division of the Chamber of Com- 
merce at St. Louis, Mo., wa? occasioned by 
disloyal eenliments. A new and loyal 
Ciiamber was formed, 

10. A reconnoitering force of 5,000 men 
under the command of Brig. Gen, McCler- 
nand, left Cairo. 111., and proceeded toward 
Columbus and Mayfield, 

10, Waldo P, Johnson and Trusten Polk, 
U, S, Senators from Missouri, were expelled 
from the Senate for disloyalty, 

10. SkinnisliatPohick'ChiirchiVa. The 
5th Mieliigan dispersed a body of rebels. 

10. Skirmish at Bath, Va., between a 
detachment of Federals under Capt. Ilus- 
Boll and rebels from Gen. Jackson's division. 

10. Battle near Prestonburg, Ky, Gen. 
(Jai'iield, with 1,.500 Federal troops, over- 
took Humphrey Marshall with 3,000 rebels, 
compelling him to destroy his stores and 
putting liim to flight. Rebel loss 50 killed 
many wounded and 25 prisoners. Federal 
loss, 2 killed, 25 wounded. 

11. The 1st Kansas regiment arrived at 
Lexington, Mo., and arrested several prom- 
inent rebels. They also seized a largo 
quantity of stores designed for tlie use of 
Gen. Price. 

11. Fifty rebels belonging to Col. Alex- 
ander's regiment were captured C miles 
from Sedalia, Mo. 

12, The Burnside Expedition sailed from 
Fortress Monroe, under command of Com. 
Goldsborough and Gen. Burnside, for Al- 
bemarle Sound, N. C. 

12. Secretary Seward telegraphed the 
British Consul at Portland, Me., that British 
troo|)S might pass thiough U. S. territory 
on their way to Canada. 

12. The rebels in Kentucky hurned the 
houses, and carried off or destroyed the 
property of loj'al men at Horse Cave and 
in Cave City and vicinity, and the people 
sought refuge at Munfordsville. 

13. Hon. Simeon Cameron, Seeretary-of- 
War, resigned his position, and Edwin F. 
Stanton was appointed in his stead on the 
15th inst. 

13. The steamship Constitution, with the 
Maine Pith regiment, and the Bay State 
regiment, sailed from Boston for Ship Is- 
Iftnd, Miss,, via. Fortress Monroe. 

15. Gen, MeClernaud's column advanced 

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to Mayfield, Ky., an.l Gen. Grant t'. Fort 
JftlVr^on. 'iO.OdO rebeN rcpmled ;n C'>lum- 
bus, Ky.. undiM- ("len. Polk. 

1(>. Hon. Kdwin B. Stanton, the new 
Secretar^'-of-War, assumed the duties of 
his ofUce. 

17. 15(1 wounded Federal prisoners ar- 
rived at Fortress Monroe from llieliniond, 
Va. Eight rebel ofKcers were released 
from the Forlre^^s thi- same <lay. 

17. Capture of British schooner Slei)hen 
Hart, loaded with arms, amnumition and 
stores for the rebels, by the U. S. storeship 
Supply. 

17, Ex President John Tyler died at 
Richmond Ya. 

17. Skirmish near Ironton, Mo. Rebels 
under Jeff. Thompson were defeated by Col. 
Miles. 

17. Two companies of the 1st Kansas 
cavah'}-, under Major Ilalderman, arrested 
Capt. Whitney, Joe Shelby and several 
other rebel officer.s, and also recovered a 
number of horses, mules, wagons, etc., taken 
from Col. Mulligan's command at Lexing- 
ton, Mo. 

17. The Fortification Bill passed the U, 
S. House of Representatives, appropriating 
$5,960,000 for fort and harbor defences. 

IS. Gen. Grant made a reconnoissance in 
force towards Columbus, Ky. 

18. Gen. Halleck levied an assessment 
on the wealthy secessionists of St. Louis, 
Mo., to provide for the wants of loj-al re- 
fugees in the city who had been driven from 
their homes in the S. W. section of the 
State by rebels. 

18. Capts. Murdock and Webster, with 
their commands, returned to Cairo from an 
expedition to Bloomfield, Mo. They cap- 
turned Lieut. Col. Farmer and 1 1 other rebel 
officers and 68 privates, with a quantity of 
army stores. 

19. Battle of Mill Spring, Ky, The re- 
bels completely routed, with loss of 192 
killed, and 140 prisoners. Gen. Zollicoffer, 
their conmiander, was killed. The Federal 
troops were under Gen. Thomas. 1,200 
horses and mules, over 100 large wagons, 
and 14 cannon, 2,000 muskets, etc., were 
captured. Federal loss 39 killed, 207 
wounded, 

19. The U. S. gunboat Itasca captured 
the rebel schooner Lizzie Weston, ofl" Flori- 
da, laden with 293 bales of cotton, 152,500 
pounds, for Jamaica. 

23, The i>roperty of several wealthy se- 
cessionists at St. Louis was seized under 
execution by Gen Halleck, and sold to pay 
the assessment to support Union refugees. 

23. The second stone fleet was sunk iij 
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CHKONOLOGT. 



iei", of (\)]. Miles' Slst Pa. regiment, re- 
tiiriu'vl fii'in the vicinity of Fairfax Court 
House, \;i., bringing several rebel prison- 
ers. 

4. Steamship Constitution, with the Maas. 
Bay State, ami the Maine 12tli regiments, 
anu other troops, under Gen. Phelps, left 
Fortres.* Monroe for Ship Island, Miss. 

6. Attack on Fort Henry, Tenn. com- 
menced by Federal gunboats under Com. 
Foote. 

6. Queen Victoria, of England, removed 
the prohibitions relating to the export of 
material of war from the British domin- 
ions declared on the 30th Nov. and 4tii 
Dec., 1801. 

6. Jesse l). Bright, of Indiana, was ex- 
pelled from the U. S. Senate, for complicity 
with treason. 

7. A band of rebels concealed near the 
landing at Harper's Ferry, Va., having, by 
means of a flag of truce, decoyed a boat 
from the Maryland shore, and then fired 
on its occupants, by order of Col. Gearj', 
the block of large buildings facing the 
landing were burned. But seven families, 
40 perst)ns in all, then resided in the town. 

7. Uncon<litional surrender of Fort Ilen- 
vy to Com. Foote, with Gen. Tilgliman and 
staff, one colonel, two captains, and 80 pri- 
vates. Com. Foote transferred the fort to 
(Jen. Grant. 

7. Federal troops took possession of the 
Men)phis and Ohio railway, 

7. Tiie rebels driven from Romney, Va., 
by Gen. Lander, who occupied the town. 

7. Successful skirmish with rebel cavalry 
near Fairfax Couri House, Va., by Col. 
Frie<lman, witii the Cameron Dragoons; 1 
rebel killed, and 12 captured, with 12 
horses, «fec. 2 Federals wounded. 

8. Portions of Gen. Butler's expedition 
sailed from Boston and from Fortress Mon- 
roe, for Ship Island, Miss. 

8. Capture of rebel forts and garrisons 
on Roanoke Island. N. C, by the Federal 
forces under Com. Goldsborowgh and Gen. 
Burnside. 2.50U prisoners, 6 forts, 40 gims, 
8,001) small arms. Federal loss, 50 killed, 
151 1 wounded. 

8. Ciipt. Smith.of the 5th Virginia (loyal) 
with 21 mi-n, surprised 32 of Jenkins' ca- 
valry on Linn Creek, Logan County, Va., 
killing 8, Wounding 7, and capturing the 
remainder, with 32 horses. One Federal 
was killed and 1 wounded. 

3. Skirmish of a body of Federal cavalry 
■with rebels near Fort Henry, Tenn. 6 
rebels kilb'd, and 30 taken prisoners. 

9. Edenton, N. C, occupied by Federal 
troops. 

lu. Destruction of rebel gunboats in the 

27 



Pasquotank river, X. C, also of the rebel 
battery at, Cobb's Poii.t, and the occupa- 
tion of Elizabeth City by Federal forces 
from 14 gunboatfl, commanded by Capt. 
Rowan. 

10. Gen. Charles P. Stone, U. S. A., was 
arrested by Gov't, order, and imprisoned in 
Fort Lafayette. 

10. Arrest of several male and female 
secessionists in Washington. Also, of Dr. 
Ives, N. Y. Herald corre^pondent. 

10. Capt. Phelj)s, of Com. P\)otc's t^quad- 
ron, commanding the gunbtiats Conestoga, 
Taylor and Lexington, captured a new re- 
bel gunboat, and destroyed all the rebel 
craft between Fort Henry and Florence, 
Ala. 

11. Bursting of the "Sawyer" gufi at 
Newport News, Va., by which 2 Fedeial 
soldiers were killed and 2 wounded. 

12. An expedition under the command 
of Col. Rcggin returned to Fort Henry, 
Tenn., from u|) the Tennessee rivei', hav- 
ing captured $75,000 worth of contraband 
goods at Paris, Tenn., and also the t<nl3 
and camp equipage of the rebel troops that 
retn-ated from Fort Henry. 

13. Evacuation of Springfield, Mo., by 
the rebel army under Gen. Price. Occu- 
pation of the town by Federal troops of 
Gen. Curtis' army. (jOO of the rebel sick, 
and many forage wagons were left behind. 

14. The rebel camp at Blooming Gap.Va., 
was surprised by forces under Gen. Lan- 
der. 65 prisoners were taken, including 
17 officers, and 13 killed and 20 wounded. 
Federal loss, 7 in killed aii<l wounded. 

14. Fort Donelsoii was invested and at- 
tacked by the Federal army under Gen. 
Grant. 

14. E. M. Stanton, Sec.-of-War, issued 
an order releasing all political prisoners 
upon their taking an oath of allegiance. 

14. A skirmish took place near Flat Lick 
Ford, on the Cumberland rivei', Ky., be- 
tween two companies of cavalry, under 
Col. Munday, two companies of the 49lh 
Indiana, and some rebel pickets, in which 
the latter lost 4 killed, 4 wounded, and 3 
taken prisoners. There was no Federal 
loss. 

14. Com. Foote, with 6 gunboats, at- 
tacked Fort Donclson, but was re|iulsed, 
the Commodore being severely wounded. 
Federal loss 60 in killed and wound<-d. 

14. The rear guard of Gen. Price's army 
in S. W. Missouri was attacked by Gen. 
Curtis' command, and many prisimers taken. 

14. Bowling (ilreen, Ky., was evacuated 
by rebel troops, who destroyed most of the 
available properly in the town that could 
not be removed. 



THE WAR FOB THE UNION. 



leb. 18G^. 



Feb. 14. Three rebel schooners and one 
sloop, hiden with lice, were destroyed by 
the crews of armed boats from the U. S. 
bark Restless, Lieut. E. Conroy, in Bull's 
Buy.S. C. 

1 5. '1 lie national batteries at Venus Point, 
on the Savannah river, were attacked by 
4 rebel gunboats, which were repulsed, one 
of them being severely injured. 

15. The railway bridge ci'ossing the Ten- 
nessee river at Decatur, Ala., was destroyed 
by Union men. 

15. (Jen, Burnside administered the oath 
of allegiance to the inhabitants of Roanoke 
Island. 

15. The iron-clad steam gunboat Galena 
■was launched at Mystic, Conn. 

16. Gen. Price was driven from Missouri 
by Gen. Curtis, who followed him into Ar- 
kansas, capturing many prisoners. 

16. Gen. ISlitchell's troops occupied 
Bowling-Green, Ky. 

16. Fort Donelson surrendered to the Fe- 
deral army, under Gen. Grant, after three 
days' desperate resistance. 15,000 prison- 
ers were captured, including Brig.-Gen. 
Buckner, iind an immense quantity of war 
material. Gens. Floyd and Pillow escaped, 
witli a portion of the garrison. 

16. Destruction of the "Tennessee Iron 
works," owned by John Bell and Messrs. 
Lewis &, Wood, on the Cumberland river, 
fix miles above Dover, by order of Com. 
Foote. 

17. The First Missouri cavalry fell into 
an ambush of rebels at Sugar Creek, Ark., 
bj' which 13 of their number were killed 
and wounded. 

18. Gov. Rector of Arkansas, by procla- 
mation, called every man subject to military 
duty into service within 20 days. 

18. First session of the Congress of the 
" permanent" Government of the Confed- 
erate States opened at Richmond, Va. 

18. The wire and suspension bridges 
over the Cumberland river at Nashville, 
Tcnn., were destroyed by Gen. Floj'd, de- 
spite the remonstrances of the citizens. 

18. A skirmish at Independence, Mo., be- 
tween a detachment of Ohio cavalry and a 
band of rebels under Quantrel and Parker. 
3 rebels killed, several wounded and taken 
prisoners. 1 Federal killed, 3 wounded. 

19. 1,000 additional rebel prisoners were 
taken at Fort Donelson, they having come 
down the i-iver to reinforce Gen. Buckner. 

19. Evacuation of Chirksville, Tenn., by 
the rebels. The Federal forces, under Com. 
Foote, took possession of the town, and 
captured a large quantity of army stores. 

19. Bentonville, Ark., was captured by 
Gen. Curtis, after a short engagement with 

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the rebels, in which more prisoners and 
supplies were taken. 

20. The rebel steamer Magnolia, with 
1,050 bales of cotton, was captured in the 
Gulf of Me.vico, bj' the U. S. steamers 
Brooklyn and South Carolina. An attempt 
to fire the vessel was frustrated by the Fed- 
eral seamen. , 

20. The town of "Winton, N. C, was par- 
tially burned by the national forces. 

20. Tlie track of the Menipliis and Ohio 
railway was torn up, and the bridges 
burned in many places, by order of rebel 
Gen, Polk. 

21. Battle of Valvende, N. M. 1,500 
Federals, under Col. Canby, were defeated 
by an equal force of rebels, under Col. 
Steele. Federal loss, 55 killed, 140 wound- 
ed. Rebel loss, about the same. 

22. Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, of 
Miss., as President of the " Confederate 
States," at Richmond, Va., and Ale.\. H. 
Stevens, of Ga., as Vice-President, they 
having received the unanimous vote of 
109 delegates representing 11 Slates, viz. : 
Ala., Ai'k., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N. C, S. C. 
Tenn., Texas, Va., for the permanent or- 
ganization (if the Confederate States. 

22. The U. S. sloop-of-war Adironac was 
launched at Brooklyn, N. Y. 

23. 347 released Federal prisoners ar- 
rived at Fortress Monroe, among them 
Cols. Lee, Wood and Cogswell. 

23. Lieut. Guin, of Com. Foote's com- 
mand, made a reconnoissance up the Tenn. 
river as high as Eastport, Miss., being well 
received by the inhabitants. At Clifton, 
Tenn., he took possession of 1500 sacks and 
barrels of flour and 6,000 bush, of wheat. 

23. Gallatin, Tenn., occupied by Gen. 
Buell's forces, 

23. A skirmish at Mason's Neck, near 
Occoquan, Va., between Texas rangers, 
and part of the N. Y. 37th, in which 2 of 
the latter were killed and 1 wounded. 

24. Harpers' Ferry, Va., occupied by the 
28th Pa. regiment. 

26. Nashville, Tenn., was occupied by 
Federal forces of Gen. Buell's conunand. 

25. The 9th Ohio and 2d Minnesota re- 
giments received handsome flags from 
ladies of Louisville, Ky., in compliment of 
their valor at Mill Spring, Jan. 19. 

25. The remainder of Gen. Bank's divi- 
sion crossed the Potomac and occupied 
Bolivar and Charlestown, Va. 

25. All the telegraphic lines that could 
be used by government were taken under 
military control, and the transmission of 
reports of military operations forbidden, 
without permission of the military censor 

20, Cotton aud tobacco planters of Va., 



Feb. 1803. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



It a moeliiigliclJ at Riclimornl, refused to 
eonsent fo the destruction of their crops. 

26. Tlie command of Capt. Montgomery, 
■was surprised by a hirge force of relu-la at 
Keittsville, Barry Co., Mo. 2 Federals 
were killed, 1 M'ounded, and 40 of their 
liorses captured. 

2ij. The U. S. gunboat R. B. Forbes ran 
ashore near Nag's Head, N. C, was set on 
fire and destroyed. 

27. Fayetteville, Ark., was occupied by 
Gen. Curtis, who captui-ed a number of 
prisoners, stores, &c. Tlie rebels retreat- 
ed across the Boston Mountains. 

27. 42 Federal soldiers were poisoned at 
Mud Town, Ark., bj- eating food which had 
been left for them by rebels. 

27. Col. Wood's cavalry drove rebel? 
out of Dent, Texas and Howell Cos., Mo., 
capturing 60 prisoners. 

27. U. S. iron clad battery Monitor, 
Lieut. Worden, sailed from N. York for 
Fortress Monroe. 

2S. The British sliipLabuan, with a val- 
uable cargo, arrived at N. York, captured 
by the U. S. sloop-of-war Portsmouth off 
Rio Grande rivei'. 

28. Tlie rebel steanier Nashville ran the 
blockade of Beaufort, N. C, and reached 
the town. 

28. Capt. Nolen with 64 of the 7th HI. 
cavalry attacked 90 of JelT. Thompson's 
cavalry and a battery, west of Charles- 
town, Mo., and captured 4 guns, losing 1 
man. 

March 1. The U. S. gunboats Tyler, 
Lieut. Gwin, commanding, and Lexington, 
Lieut. Shirk, on an expedition up the Tenn. 
river, engaged and silenced a rebel bat- 
tery at Pittsbui-g, Tenn., 1 miles above 
Savannah. 

1. Evacuation of Columbus Ky., by 
rebel troops, leaving their heavy guns, 
and a large quantity of war material. 400 
of the 2d Illinois cavalry occupied the 
town next day, and troops from Com. 
Foote's flotilla the day after. 

1. U. S. steamer Mount Vernon, cap- 
tured the schooner British Queen, at the 
blockade of Wilmington, N. C. 

1. John Minor Botts, Valentine Ilecker, 
Franklin Stearns, and others were arrested 
at Richmond Va., on a charge of "treason." 

2. Death of Brig. - Gen. Lander, at 
Camp Chase, on the Upper Potomac, from 
a wtund received at Edwards' Ferry Va., 
Oct. 22, 1861. 

3. Brig.-Gens. S. B. Buokner and Lloyd 
Tilghman, rebel prisoners, arrived at Fort 
Warren, Boston, Mass. 

3. U.S.Senate confiimed Gens. McDowell, 
Buell Burnside, McClernand, C. F. Smith, 

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Lew. Wallace and Sigel as M;ij.-G( ns. ; and 
Cols. Speed, of Tenn., Logan of 111., McAr- 
thur of Iowa, Lauman of Iowa, Wallace of 
Ind., McCook of Ohio. Ik'rry of Maine, and 
Terry of Conn., as Brigadiers. 

4. Occu|)ation of Fort Clinch and Fer 
nandina, Fla., and St. Mary's and Bruns 
wick, Ga., by Federal forces \inder Com. 
Dupont and Gen. Wright. 

4. A squadron of Ist Michigan cavalry 
sur|)ri3cd and defeated a party of rebel 
cavalry at Berryville, Va., killing 3 and 
capturing horses without loss. 

4. Two bri<lgeson the Nasiiville and De- 
catur railway, Teiin., destroyed bj- rebels. 

5. Bunker Hill, Va., was occupied by 
rebel forces. 

6. Two rebel ofliccrs were captured, at 
Vienna, Va., by a detachment of Col. 
Averill's cavalry. 

6 A rebel picket of 5 was captured by 
Van Aleii's cavalry near Bunker Hill, Va. 

7. Capt. Cole's Maryland cavalry en- 
countered a few of Ashby's rebel caval- 
ry, near Winchester, Va., 6 rebels were 
killed and 5 wounded, Capt. Cole had 3 
men wounded. 

6, 7, 8. Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. 
The combined rebel forces under Gens. 
Van Dorn, Price, McCuUoch and Pike, 
were defeated by the Federal army under 
Gens. Curtis, Sigel, Asboth and Davis. 
Federal loss in killed, wounded and miss- 
ing, 1351. The rebel loss about 2000. 
Gens. McCulloch, Mcintosh and Slack, 
were killed. 

8. Destruction of the U. S. sloopof-war 
Cumberland, and the frigate Congress, in 
action with the rebel iron battery Jlerri- 
mnc, in Hampton Roads, Va. 100 ineu 
were killed or drowned en the Cumberland. 

8. B}' order of the President, Maj.-Gen. 
McClellan was directed to oi'ganize and 
command the army of the Potomac, divi- 
ded into 5 army corps, under Maj.Gens. 
McDowell, Brig.-Gens. E. V. Sumner, S. P. 
Heintzelman, E. L. Ke3'es and N. P. 
Banks. 

8. Col. Geary entered Leesburg, Va.. 
capturing many prisoners, stores, <fcc. 

8. Manassas, Va., was evacuated bj' the 
rebels. 

9. Combat of the U. S. iron battery Mon- 
itor, and the rebel iron battery Menimac, 
in Hampton Roads, Va. After a desperate 
combat of 3 hours, the Merrimac was com- 
pelled to retire, having received severe in- 
juries. 

9. The rebel battery at Cockpit Point, 
on the Potomac captured by Fedei'al troops. 

9. Brilliant charge of 14 of the Lincoln 
cavalry at Burk's station, near I'aiifax 



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CHROXOLOoY. 



of Ky., and several other Federal 0/5061*3 
were taken prisoners. 

28. l.joo U. 3. troops, under Col. Slough, 
engau:ed tlie united rebel forces of Col. 
Scurry and Maj. I'^-ron at Valle's Ranch, 
N. M.' from 10 a. m. to 5 r. m., when an 
armistice was agreed on. A flank move- 
ment the next day by Maj. Cliivington. 
with 400 men, threw tlie rebels into con- 
fusion, and after burning their train, they 
.sought siifcty in flight. Rebel loss. ^0 killed, 
100 wounded, 9'i prisoners. Fciieral loss, 
S8 killed, bi wounded, 17 prisoners. The 
Texaiis retired to Santa Fe and the Fed- 
erals to Fort Union. 

2 it. A detaciunent of the 1st Iowa cav- 
alry, under Capt. Thompson, overtook tl»e 
guerrilla band of Col. Parker, In miles west 
of Warrensburg, Mo. 15 rebels were killed 
and "JS taken prisoners, among the latter 
Col. Parker and Captain Walton. 2 Fed- 
erals were killed and several wounded. 

30. Jlaj.-Gen Hunter arrived at Hilton 
Head, S. C, and assumed command of the 
Department of the South, comprising South 
Carolina, Georgia ami Florida. 

31. 22 • rebels, captured at Winchester, 
Va., arrived at Fort Delaware, Del. Bay. 

Apr. 1. During a storm at night, Col. 
Roberts with 50 |)icked meu of tlie 42d 
Illinois, and as many seamen under First 
Master Johnson, 'of the gunboat St. Louis, 
surprised tlie rebels at the ujiper battery 
of Island No. 10, and spiked 15 large guns. 

1. Col. Carline, commaiuling the advance 
of Gen. Steele's brigade in Arkansas, had 
a skirmish at Putnam's Ferry, in wiiich a 
rebel lieutenant and several privates were 
woundeil, and 5 [)risoners taken. 

4. All of Maryland and Virginia lying 
between the Mountain I)epartment and the 
Blue Ilidge, was constituted the military 
Department of llie Shenandoah, and as- 
signed to Maj. Gen. Banks; ami tliat por- 
tion of Virginia east of the Blue Ridge and 
west of the Potomac constituted the De- 
partment of the RappahaniuH'k, and was 
assigned to Maj. Gen. .McDowell. 

1. Gen. Banks advanccil from Strasburg, 
Va., to Woodstock, arul thence to Eden- 
burg, driving the enemy witli slight skir- 
misliing. The railway bridge at Edenburg 
was burnt by rebels uniler Gen. Jackson. 

1. Heavy l)ombardu>ent at Islaiul No. 10. 

2. Manassas (Jaj), Va., was i)eeupied by 
Col. Geary's troops by strategy, frustrat- 
ing a similar attempt i)y the rei)els. 

3. U. S. Senate passed a bill for the abo- 
lition of slavery in the District of Colum- 
bia, by a vote of 29 yeas, 14 nays. 

8. tien. Steele's forces in the advance of 
(Jen. Curtis' army, reached Putnam, Ark. 

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4. A schooner containing 24 recruits rn 
route for the rebel array, was captured on 
Black creek, near the Potomac river. Va. 

4. The Federal gunboat Caromlelet ran 
past the rebel batteries at Islaiul No. 10, 
at niixht, without damage, and arrived at 
New jiadrid. 

5. Ixcn. McClellan's army advanced 
through a severe storm from Camp Misery, 
and after a tedious march arrived in front 
of the rebel works, and conmieneed the 
siege of Yorktown, Va. Heavy firiug 
tiiroughout the dav resulted in a loss to 
the Federals of 3 killed, 22 woundeil 

5. Federal transports aiul barges arrived 
at New Jladrid, Mo., through the inland 
chaniu^l, cut by Col Bissel's engineer corps, 
thus avoidiuic the rebel batteries at No. 10. 

6-7. Battle of Pittsburg Lauding. Tenn. 
The combined rebel army, under (uuis. 
Johnston and Beauregard, attacked Gen. 
Grant's army on the morning of the 6th. 
Federal loss, 1,614 killed, 7,721 woumled, 
3,9i>-i missing — total, 13,.')08; rebel loss, 
(Beauregard's rejtort,) 1,72S killed, 8,012 
wounded, 969 missing — total, 10,6ii9. 

7. Gen. Tope, witii the assistance of the 
gunboats Pittsburg and Carondelet, landed 
his fiu'ces on the Tennessee shore, opposite 
New Madrid, and took position in rear of 
Island No. 10. at Tiptonville. 

7. Island No. 10 on tlie Mississippi, and 
the adjacent works on the Tenn. shore, were 
abandoned by the rebels and taken posses- 
sion of by Col But"^lI^^s brigade. 

7. Apalachicola, Kla., was captured by the 
Federal gunboats Mercedita and Saganu>re. 

8. Surrender t)f the rebel army of 5,200 
men and all their stores, under Gens. Mack- 
all and Gautt, to the Federal I'orccs under 
Gen. Paine, of (Jen. Pope's division, at Tip- 
tonville, Tenn. 

8. Gen. W. T. Sherman was dispatched 
by Gen. Grant with a large reeonnoitering 
force on tlu> Corintl*. Miss., road. A por- 
tion of his force was rinited by a ciiarge of 
rebel cavalry, and lf> killed and 25 wounded 
of the 77th Ohio regiment. 

1(». Huntsville, .Ma., was occupied by 
(ien. Mitchel's forces. 200 prisoners, 16 
locomotives, and numy cars captured. 

10. Batti'ries on Tybee Islaui! eom- 
meueed the attack of Fort Pulaski, (!a. 

10. President Lincoln, by proclamation, 
recommended the people ilnoMghout the 
Ihiiti'd Slates on the Sabbatli succeeding 
the receipt of his Proclamation to returu 
thanks to .\lmiglity (uul lor having vouch- 
safed signal victories over rel'ellious ene- 
mies, and also for having averted the dan- 
gers of foreign interference and invasion. 

11. Surrender of Fort Pulaski, (Ja., at\et 



THE WAR FOE THE UXION. 



April 1862. 



a bomlianlment of two days. Federal 
loss, I killod, 1 wounded ; rebels, 3 wounded 
860 prisoners, 47 guns, 40,000 U)3. powder. 

April 11. The rebel steamers Merrimac, 
.la!iif<r()\v:i and Yorktown, came down be- 
tween Newport New? and Sewall's Point, 
on the Chesapeake, and captured 3 vessels. 

11. Severe skirmishing iu front of York- 
town. Va., by (leneral Jameson's brigade. 
20 of tiie Federals were killed or wounded. 

11. Gen. Ilalleck assumed command of 
the Federal army at Pittsburg. Tenn. 

12. Gen. Milroy, at Monterey, Va., was 
attacked by a lai-ge foice of rebels, whom 
he repulsed with siiiiht loss. 

12. The Charleston and Memphis rail- 
way at Chattanooga Junction was seized by 
Gen. Mitchel's forces, and 2,000 rebels and 
much propert}- were captured. 

12. 4,000 men on five transports, accom- 
panied by the gunboats Lexington and 
Tyler, left Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., and 
proceedeii up the Tennessee river to East 
port, Miss., where they landed, and de- 
stroyc'l two bridges on the Ohio and Mo- 
bile railway, intercepting the rebel com- 
munication with Alabama. A body of 
Confederate cavalry were met on their re- 
turn, who were routed, and four killed. 

14. The U. S. forces were withdrawn 
from Jacksonville, Fla., and the rebels soon 
after returning the loyal iidiabitants suf- 
fered severely, and many were driven away. 

14. The IVtomac P.otilla ascended the 
Ra|ipahannock river, Va., destroying sev- 
eral liaiteries. Three vessels were captured. 

14. (3otn. Foote's mortar boats opened 
fir« on Fort Wright, on the Mississippi. 

15. M. Mercier, French Minister at 
Washington, paid an official visit to the 
rebel authorities at Richmond. 

15. Ex-Sec. of War Cameron was arrest- 
ed at Philadelphia, Pa., on the suit of 
Pierce Butler, for alleged illegal arrest. 

16. Engagement at Lee's Mill, near 
Yorktown, Va. Federal loss, 32 killed and 
100 wounded. Rebels, 25 killed, and 75 w. 

17. Mount Jackson, in Shenandoah Co., 
Va., was occupied by Gen. Williams' troops, 
who captured 50 of Ashby's rebel cavalry. 

17. A large boat was swamped at Cas- 
tleman's Ferrj', on the Shenandoah river, 
Va., by whicii between 40 and 50 of the 
75th Penn. were drowned, among them 
Adj. Teatman, Capts. Wilson and Ward. 

i7. New Market, Va., occupied by Bank's 
army, and Fredericksburg bj' McDowell's. 

\i. Bombardment of Forts Wright, on 
the Mississippi, b}- the national flotilla. 

17 — 24. Bombardment of Fort Jackson 
and St. Philip, on the Mississippi. 

80. Battle of Camden or South Mills, 

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N. C. Gen. Reno's forces drove the rebele 
from their batteries and entrenchments. 
Federal loss in killed and wounded, 90. 

22. Rebel steamer J. Robb was captured 
on the Tenn. river by gunboat Tyler. 

24. Yorktown, Va.. was shelled by the 
Federal gut)boats. 

24. Federal fleet passed Forts Jackson 
and St. Philip, destroying 13 rebel gun- 
boats, the ram Manassas, and 3 transports. 

25. New Orleans captured. Rebel bat- 
teries on both sides of the river destroyed, 

25. Maj.-Gen. C. F. Smith died at Savan- 
nah, Tenn. 

26. Rebel schooner Arctic was captured 
by U. S. steamer Flambeau. 

26. Rebel schooner Belle was captured 
by U. S. steamer Uncas. 

26. Skirmish at Neosho, Mo., between 
1st Missouri volunteers, under Major Hub- 
bard, and rebels and Indians under Cols. 
Coff"ee and Sternwright. Rebels defeated. 

26. An advance lunette of the rebels at 
Yorktown was carried by the 1st Mass. 

26. Capture of Fort Macon, N. C, with 
its garrison of 450 men under Col. White, 
after a bombardment of 11 hours. Rebel 
loss, 7 killed, 18 wounded. Federal losp, 
1 killed, 3 wounded. 

28. Forts St. Philip and Jackson, La., 
gurrendered ; forts Livingston and Pike 
aband. li- . and the rebel iron battery 
Louisiana oiown up. 

3u. Skirmish of Gen. Mitchel's forces 
with the rebels near Bridgeport, Ala. 

May 2. The U. S. steamer Brooklyn 
and several gunboats, left New Orleans, 
ascending the Mississippi, to o[>en the river 
and connect with Commodore Davis' fleet. 

3. A reconnoissarice in force under Gen. 
Paine from Pope's division encountered 
rebel cavalry pickets near Farmington, 
Miss., in which 8 of the latter were killed. 

4. Gen. Stoneman's advance of McClel- 
lan's arm}' encountered a rebel force near 
Williamsburg, Va., seven of whom were 
killed and 25 captured. 2 Feds, killed, 20 w. 

5. Battle of Williamsburg. Va. Gen. 
Kearney's and Hooker's divisions engaged 
the rebel army under Gen. Longstreet 
from dawn tilTdark, when the Federals 
were reinforced aud rebels defeated. Fed. 
loss 2,073 in killed and wounded, and 628 
prisoners. Reb. loss heavier, 50o prisoners. 

6. Skirmish near Harrisonburg, Va., bj' 
Federal troops under Major Vought. 

7. Westpoint, Vn. Gen. Franklin's di- 
vision of McClellan's army having been 
conveyed by transports to the head of 
York river, effected a landing, where he 
was attacked by a force of rebels, and with 
the aid of gunboats defeated the enemy. 



CHUOisroLoaY. 



1862. 9.' Oen. Ilimfcr proclaimed the persons 

May 7. A (Ichichniont of the 13th Tnd, jiii tlie Stales of G;i., Fa., and S. C, hcre- 
Col. Foster, was led into an anibusli utilofore held as slaves, " forever free." 
Soinerville Heights, Va., by a superioi I 9. IJarnin'.? Springs, W.Va., was burn- 
force of rebels of the Ttli Louisiana, c'd by rcbci gierrillas. 
Afler a severe skirmish. Col. Foster made! 9. Pensicola, Fla , evacuated by the 
an orderly retreat, with the loss of 2!)irehs. after setting fire to forts, navy yard 
men, iutlicting equal loss to the enemy, barracks and Marine hospital. 

7. Tlie '.1:^1 Ohio. Maj. Caulev, drove a| 9. Capt. Conjiet and 48 men of the 27th 
rebel force from Giles's Court House, and Ind., were captured 12 miles from .Vthens 
the narrows of New river, VV. Va., and Ala., bv a superior cavalry force under 
captured 20 prisoners and some stores. Col. Wo ).hvard. 13 rebs. and o Feds. 

8. Skiruiisii near Corinth, Miss., by the wre killed. 

7th HI. cavalry, MaJ. Arlington, in which 9. At Farmington,5 miles N. W. of Oo 
their comm uider was killed. 4 Federals! rinth. Miss., the rebs. in great force under 
wounded. Rebel loss 30. Ruirgles, Price and Van Dorn, attacked 

8. The iron-clad steamer Galena, assist- Plummer's and Palmer'.^ brigades, attach- 
ed hy the gunboats Aroostook and Port ed to .Mij-Gen. Po])e's division, and com- 
Royal, attacked and silenced two rebel iiielled them to retreat. A brilliant cavalry 
batteries a short distance from the mouth'charge was made by the 2d lowa,wlio lost 
of the James river, Va., called the Upi)eri!»0 liorscs, 2 men killed and K) wounded. 
and Lower shoal batteries. But tritlingiThe entire Fed. loss was about 40 killed 



damage was experienced by the Federal 
vessels, and no casualties. 

8. .\ reconnoissance in force was made 
by the united forces of Gens. Schenck 
and .Milroy, netir McDowell, W. Va.. 
with 2,300 men, to check the advance of 
a superior force of rebels then threat- 
ening to attack them. An engagement of 
6 hours' duration ensued, in which 30 of 
the Feds, were killed and 200 wounded. 
Tlie loss of the enemy is computed to 
have been greater. The movement was 
successful in checking l lie udv'ance of the 
rebs., and the Fed. force was safely with- 
drawn to Franklin, the rebels showing 
no disposition to renew the combat. 

8. An address was issued to the de- 
mocracy of the U. S. setting forth party 
onranizati(m as essential to the preser- 
vation of public lil»erty. It was signed by 



and 120 wounded. The reb. loss was 
much greater. 

9. The prize steamer P. C. Wall is, 
while on the way from ."^hip Isl. to N <>., 
with a battery of artillery on board, 
sprung a leak and sunk. The crew were 
saved by the gtmboat S.i.xon. 

9. Two recruits for the Fed. army at 
Washinsiton, N. C, assassinated by rebs. 

9. A company of rebs. under Capt. 
Walker, attempted to surprise Fed. otli- 
cers at Washington, N C. Capt. Red- 
ding's company of 2-illi Mass., aeling as 
pickets, killed 'Cai)t. AValker and .T men. 
No Feds, were injureil. 

10. A spirited naval engagement oc- 
curred on the Miss, above Fiu-t Wri'iht. 
The Fed. gunboats besieging that pi ice, 
under the command of Aeting-FlagOlH- 
cer Davis, were aitacked by the rebel 



Messrs. Itiehardson, Knapp, and Robin-jgiuilxiats and rams t lien stationed at that 
son, of III. ; Law and Voorhees of Ind. ;[Post, who after a half hour's contest were 
White. Allen Noble, Morris, Pendleton, | forced to retire. The Fed. gunboats Cia- 
and Vallandigham, of Ohio ; Ancona and cinnati and iMound City were badly in- 
Johnson, ofPenn., and Shields, of Ore- ju red in the contest, .and the reb. vessels 
gon. • also were considerably cut up, though the 

8. A bill passed by the U. S. Senate, es- c siialties on either side were small. 
tablishing Beaufort, S. C, as a port of 10. White House, on the Pamuidiey 



entry. 

9. Two guerrillas were hung at Ches- 
ter, W. Va., in conformity with orders 
based on a proclamat'nof Gen. Fremont 



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river Va., occupied by Federal cavalrv, 
7,000 bushels of wlieat and 4,000 of corn 
captured. 
10. $800,000 in specie seized by Gcil 



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May, 1862. 



Butler in New Orleans, at the oflBce of 
tlie Consul for the Netherlands. 

M\y 10. New Keut C. H., Va., occu- 
pied by Gen. Stoneinans Feci, cavalry. 

10. Tliu iron-clad steamer Ironsides 
Was launched at Phlhulelphia. 

10. The reb. schooner Maria Tlicresa, 
was captured by the U. S. gunboat Una- 
dilla. 

10. Norfolk, Va., was occupied by Fed. 
troojw uadcr Gen. Wool. 

10. A nlot discovered in Paducah, Ky. 
by which the town was to be handed 
over to I he rebs. within a week. Infor- 
mation was given by one of tlie conspir- 
ators. 

11. The fortifications of Craney I., Va., 
taken possession of by the Nat'l forces. 

11. 48 freiglit and 4 passenger cars. 
and 2 locomotives were captured by 140 
reb. cavalry under Col. Morgan, at Cave 
City, Ky. 

11. Col. Phelan's reb. camp at Bloom- 
field, Mo., was broken up by the 1st 
Wis. cavalry. 

11. A reb. lieutenant and 10 men were 
captured by Maj. Duffle's command. 
Harris' Light cavalry, near Freilericks- 
burg, Va. 

11. The reb. iron-plated steamer Merri- 
mac wjis at)andone(l by her crew and 
blown up off Craney Island, Va., the re 
treat of the rebel forces from Yorktovvn 
and Norfolk isolating her from the Con- 
federate forces. 

12. The reb. steamer Governor Morton 
captured. 

lis General Fremont, with his com- 
mand, reached Franklin, W.Va., advanc- 
ing by forced marches. Maj.-Gen. Hal- 
leck issui.-d an order expelling newspaper 
correspondents from his lines. 

13. Martial law enforced in Charles- 
ton, S. C. 

13. Reb. Gen. Jackson made an unsuc- 
cessful attack on Gens. Milroy and 
Schenck's brigades near McDowell, Va., 
Fed. loss 20 killed and 177 wounded. 
Reb. loss 40 killed, 200 wounded. Feds. 
lost their camps, baggage, and stores. 

1.3. Rib. armed steamer Planter, was 
run out of Charleston, S. C, by a negrt) 
crew, and surrendered to Commander 
Parrott, of the steamer Augusta. 

13. Sulfolk, Va., occupied by Federal 
troops tmder Maj. Dodge. 

13. Gen. Butler forbid the opening of 
churches on tlie 15th inst. in N. O., for 
the |)urpose of observing a fast day pre- 
Bcriiied by Jeff. Davis. 

13. Attack on Fort Wright, Miss, river, 
by reb. mortar and gunboats. 



I 13. Slight skirmish near Monterey, 
Tenn., bv Gen. Smith's troops. Reb. loss 
10 ; Union 2. 

13. Natchez, Miss., surrendered to flag 
officer Fairai;ut. 

14. A skirmish near Trenton Bridge, 
N. C. Col. Amory with 17tli and 2.')th 
Mass. defeated a reb. force, killing 10 of 
them. 

14. Rebel steamer Alice captured in 
Roanoke river by U. S. steamers Ceres 
and Lockwood. 

14. A party consisting of four officers' 
servants and several convalescent sol- 
diers, in charge of Surgeon Ch:ir!es New- 
ham, 21)lh N. y. v., wlen on the road to 
Moortield, were attacked while passing 
through a g.ap on Lost river, near War- 
tonsville. With the e.\cepti(m of Dr. 
Newham. who, though severely wounded 
succeeded in cutting his way through, the 
whole party were either killed or taken 
prisoners. 

1.5. The Fed. iron battery Monitor, to- 
getlier with the mailed gun!)oats Galena 
and E. A. Stevens, attacked Fort Darling, 
on Watches Bluff, miles below Rich- 
mond, on the James river. The tight 
Continued for four hours, when the am- 
munition of the Galena having become 
exhausted, the Fed. vessels retired. The 
Galena was badly damaged, and lost 17 
men killed and about 20 wounded. Tlie 
large ritled gun of the E. A. Si evens 
burst early in the action. All the ve.<sels 
engaged under great disadvantage in not 
being able to obtain sutlicient elevaiion 
of tlieir guns to bear on tlie high liluffs 
occupied 1)}' the enemj'. 

15. A coir.])any of infantry from Gen. 
Geary's command Avere attacked by a 
body of rebel cavalry Fed. loss 17. 

15. Slight skirmish near Batrsville, 
Ark., by 5tli 111. cavalry. Lieut. Smith. 

16. L''. S. steamer Oriental wrecked 
near Cape Ilatteras, N. C. 

IG. Reb. newspapers supi)ressed in N. 
Orleans by Gen. Butler, and the cir- 
culation of Confederate notes prohibited 

16. Skirmish near 'i'rentf)n, N. ('. U. S. 
cava'ry attacked a detachment of rebs. in 
ainbusii, and scattered them, killing 6 or 
8, and wounding a larger number. Maj. 
Filzsiminons of the cavalry woundeil, 
and Lieut. Mayes and four men taken 
prisoners. 

17. A successful movement was made 
by a portion of Gen. W. T. Sherman's 
division of tlic army investing (.Corinth, 
by which the rebs. we're (hiven from 
ifir'ir p(3sifi(m at Russell's House, two 
miles from Corinth. 12 of the rebel dead 



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CnRONOLOGT. 



were left on the field, bnt all tlieir wound- City Point, on the James river, Va., was 
ed were rcmovrd. Gen M. L. Smith's (ired on by a pirty of'iO or 30 reb.^. while 
bri;,^i ie, of the Fed. army, lost 10 kiUed tiie surgeon and oiher ollieers were on 
and ;J1 wounded. shore. Three of the men in the boat 

17. Gen. Carleton's briixade entered were iiilK-d, and 2 wounded; whiU" tlio 
Arizouiv; Col. \V^•sl'8 re^i.nent arriveii party wlio iiad landed were made prison- 
at L irzo'n ; and r:iist'd the National tlag ers, and seu4 to KieliuKMid. 
over ilie ruins of F.)rt I5;eckiaridu^e. | 'JO. Klwanl Stanley, of N. C, received 

17. 'riie advance of the Arn\y of the a Fed. commission as Military Governor 
Potomac reached Bottom's Bridge on the of tliat Slate. 

Cliiekaliominy river. JO. Skirmish near Moorfield, Va. A 

18. E ijjigeinent near Searev, on Little party <if soldiers under Lieut. Col. Dow- 
Red liver Ark. 150 men of (J -n. ()>ter- ney," captured 13 and killed 4 guerrillas, 
haiis's troops engag 'd and defeat -d :i JO. 17 wagons and SO mules with goy- 
superior force of ilie enemy, in which ernuu'nl stores were captured 20 miles 
the latter lost ab;uU 100 men. frou\ Holla, Mo. 

l.-«. .V tight near Princeton, Va., in 20. Keb. works on Cole's Island, S. C, 
which 'jten^ Co.\'s troops were defeated, burned. 

with , I loss of ;j0 killed .and 70 wounded, 20. The advance of Gen. McClellan's 
by a rebel force under Humphrey ilar- army uu Icr Gen. Stoneman, reacted 

New Bridge, on the Chickahnminy 
creek, 8 mih-s from liichmond, driving 
in the enemy's outposts. The enemy had 
then no forces south of the ChicUalio- 
miny. Gen. Stoneman lost 1 killed and 3 
wouiuled. 

20. Lieut. -Cols. :McI]lnnny, Rawlings, 
Tliursnian, and Davis, f.iur rebel olliciTS, 
wore capiureil by Brig.-Gen. Tot ten, 
while the}' were about to cross the Mis- 
souri river, above Jeirerson City, on a 
mission to stir up rebellion in Missouri. 

21. Skirmish near Connlb, Miss., by 
tioops from the 1st and 20lh Ky., under 
Fed. Col. Sed^cwick. Union loss 25. 

22. Lieut. E. R Colburu of the Fed. 
gunboat lluncliback, commander of the 
U. S. Naval forces in North Carolina 
waters, in company with the gunbo.ats 
Shansun and Whitehead, destroyed sev- 
eral rebel fortifications on the Mehirun 

10. P.es. Lincoln, by proclaniation.de land Chowan rivers, and Cajifured 3 or 4 
Glared null and void general order No, 'vessels laden witli valuable cargoes. 
11 of .Maj.-Gen. Hunter, commandingi 2;J. The reb. steamer Daniel E. Miller, 
at Hil'iin Head, S. C, and dated May !),!willi nulitary stores and GO recruits, for 



sh.dl. 

18. SulTolk, Va., occupied by Feds. 

10. The Army of the I'onanac re- 
sunii.il its inaiH-h from Cumberland across 
the Peninsula towards Richmond. 

10. VVinte House, on the Pamunkey, 
selected as the giaieril depot of SUliplies 
ioi liie Army til'the Poiomac. 

10. Gen.s. Heini/.elman and Keys, with 
40,000 men, marched for Bottom's 
Brltlge, on the (.'hiekaliominy. 

lo! Gen. JMcCiellan, with his main 
army, reached Tunstall's Station. 

10. A skirmish near Newborn, N. C. 
Fell, loss 5; rob. 11. 

10. Lieut. Whitesidesand 8 men of the 
6th cavalry, captured a train of reb. Gen. 
Whiting's, with 100 mules ant! Sneuroes. 

10. John T. Monroe, Mayor of N. Or- 
leans, and otlier city otlieers, arresied by 
Gen. Biit('r and sent to Fort Jackson. 



in winch lie pronounced the sl.ives of the 
Stales of (ieorgia, Florida and South Car- 
olina " forever free." Tiie President 
asked the serious consideration of the 
States interested, to the resolution of 
Comrress of May 0, 1802, olferinic to aid 
any Slate which should adopt a gradual 
abolition of slavery. 

10. Typhoid and bilious fevers raging 
among the Fed. soldiers at Norfolk, Va. 
Deaths about 10 daily. The steamer 
Vandert)ilt took 500 of the sick from 
YorlUown to P.altiniore. 

10. A boat from the Wachnsett, man- 
ned t)y 6 otlieers and 12 men, with a flag 
of tiuce cr)iivoying a siugoon on shore 



^lempliis. was captured on the St. Fran- 
cis river, by the. 1st Wis. cavalry, Capt. 
Daniels, he having aO- pounder <ni siiore. 

2,5. Col. J. R. Ivenly, with the Isi Md. 
regiment, part of the 20lh Peiui. rog't, 
and a small ibrce of N. Y. cavalry, was 
attack(;d at Front Roy;d, Va., by a large 
force of robs, under Gen. Jackson. After 
brave resistance the Feds, wore defeated, 
and Col. Kenly, with the larger part of 
the Mil. reg't taken prisoners. 

2;!. Gen.' [lealh, with ;!,000 men, at- 
tacked the Fed. force under Col. Cro<jk, 
at Lewisburg, Va. : afier a severe light 
the robs, were routed. Crook's foice 
numbered 1,300. Fed. loss 10 killed, 40 



who had been sent a short distance above wounded, and 8 missing 



The loss of ;he 



THE "WAB FOB THE UNION. 



May, 1862. 



enemy much greater. 4 cannon, 200 
stands of arms, and 100 prisoners were 
captured. 

May 23. A portion of the 4th ]\Iich. 
and 5lh U. S. cavalry succeeded in cross- 
ing the Chickaliominj', and getting, un- 
perceived in tlie rear of four C()in;anic3 of 
the 5th Louisiana reg't, which liad been 
drawn toward tlie creek by the sight of a 
portion of tlie Fed. forces on the opposite 
bank. Many of the rebs. were killed, lo 
wounded, and 31 taken prisoners. One 
Union soldier killed, and 6 wounded. 

2;5. Grand Gulf, lAIiss., shelled by Fed. 
punboats in retaliation for the firing on 
Fed. transports by a masked battery near 
that place. 

2:5. Gen. JlcClellan's army crossed 
Bottom's Bridge on the Chickahominy, 
and his advance was within 7 miles of 
llichmond. 

24. Two Ga. rcg'ts under Gen. Cobb, 
were attacked near Williamsville, by por- 
tions of 4 reg'ts belonging to Gen. David- 
son's brigades, attached to Gen. ^McClel- 
lan's army l)efore Richmond. The Fed. 
soldiers drove the rebs. from the town, 
with considerable loss. Fed. casualties 2 
killed and 4 wounded. 

24. The 4th Mich, encountered the 5th 
Louisiana a short distance above New 
IJritlge, on the Chickaiiominy. 37 rebs. 
cai^tured, and aliout 50 killed and woun- 
ded. Fed. loss 10. 

24. All the railroads in the U. S. claim- 
ed by the government for military pur- 
poses. 

24. The steamer Swan, with 1,000 
bales of cotton and 800 bbls. rosin, cap- 
tured olf Cuba by U. S. brig Baiubridge 
and bark Amanda. 

25. Gen. N. P. Banks, with 4,000 men, 
was attacked nt Winchester, at daylight, 
by about 15,000 rebs. under Gens. Ewell 
and Johnson. After a spirited resistance 
Gen. Banks made good his retreat to 
Martinsburg. 

25. A riot in Baltimore, created by the 
excitemenl caused on hearing of the de- 
feat and CMpture of a large part of Col. 
Kenl3''s Md. regiment. Many secession- 
ists who expressed joy at hearing of the 
misfortune, were rougldy handled by the 
friends of the re;.iinent. 

2G. After a five lionrs' chase the English 
iron steamer Cambria, with a carij;o of 



full retreat, on the road from Winchester 
to Strasbnrg, Va. 25 of the rebs. were 
cajitured. Tlioir killed and wounded un- 
known. 7 Fed. soldiers woundeil. 

20. British steamer Patras captured 
off Charleston, S. C, by U. S. gunboat 
Bienville. 

20. N. Y. and Mass. militia left home 
for Washington at one day's notice. 

27. The En.;lish steamer Gordon, cap- 
tured off Wiiuiiugton, N. C, by the gun- 
boats State of Georgia and Victoria. 

27. Gens. Martindale and Butlerlield's 
brigades engaged and deti-ated a rebel 
force of 8,000 near Hanover C. II., Va. 
Fed. loss 54 killed aiul 194 wounded and 
missing. Rebel loss between 2 and 300 
killed and wounded, and 500 prisoners. 

28. Engagement on the Coriii'ii road, 
Miss. A reconnoissance by the 10th Iowa, 
Col. Purcell, of Gen. lialleck's forces, 
met and fought a rebel force. Fe(U;ral 
loss 25 killed and wounded ; 30 reb. dead 
left on the field. 

28. Gens. Denver and Smith of Sher- 
man's division, and Gen. Veatch, obtain- 
ed possession of a strong position within 
1,300 yards of the rebel lines at Corinth, 
Miss., giving the Federal army command 
of the enemy's lines. Union loss 6 killed, 
12 wounded. 

29. Capt. Frisbee, commanding a de- 
tachment of the 38lh 111. infantry, and 
the 1st Mo. cavalry, cajitured, near Ne- 
osho, Mo., 2 colonels, 1 lieutenant, a num- 
ber of guns and revolvers, 15 horses, and 
a large train of forage and provisions. 

29. English steamer Elizabeth, cap- 
tured off Charleston, S. C, by U. S. gun- 
lioat Keystone State. 

29. Ashland, Va., occupied by Federal 
troojis, and a large number of ears with 
valuable rebel stores were captured. 

29. Skirmish at Pocotaligo, S. C. Reb. 
loss about 20 killed and wounded ; Union 
loss 11. 

30. Booneville, 24 miles S. of Corinth, 
^liss., occupied by 2 regiments of Fed. 
cavalrj' under Col. Elliott, a large amount 
of stcu'cs destroyed, with depot, engines, 
and cars, and 200 rebel sick captured and 
paroled. 

30. Capture of Corinth, Miss., by Gen. 
lialleck's army. 2,000 rebel prisoners, 
and large supplies taken. 

30. Co\. Elliott, with the 2nd Iowa 



stores for the rebs., was captured off' 'cavalry, by forced marches from Corinth 
Charleston, S. C, by the Fed. gunboat Miss., penetrated the enemy's lines to 
Huron. Booneville, on the Ohio and Mobile rail- 

26. Col. Cluseret, with the advance way. Tluw tore up the track in many 
brig.ode of Gen. Fremont's army, over-, places north and south of that point, de- 
took the rebel Gen. Jackson's forces, in'stroyed the locomotives, and 26 cars la- 



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CHRONOLOGY. 



den with supplies for the rebel armj 
They also took 10,000 stand of arms, S 
pii'cc.^ of artillery, large quantities of 
clotliinj: and ammuuition, and paroled 
2,000 prisoners. 

80. On the \Vinchester road, six miles 
from Fror.t Royal, Va., a body of P^ed. 
troops attacked a body of rebels, wiio 
fled at the first fire, leaving six of their 
number prisoners, but bearing away their 
killed and wounded. 1 English 12-pdr., 



and Vi wagons were captured ; and 6 river, Florida, 



Gen. Jackson's troops, with but slight re- 
sults. Fed. loss about 12, mostly woun'd. 

1. The reb. army renew the attack on 
the Fed. forces at Fair Oaks, Va., when t. 
the enemy were defeated and driven from 
the field, with a loss of 8,000 killed and 
wounded. Fed. loss 5,789. 

1. Gen Wool promoted to a Maj. Gen- 
orr.lship U. S. army. 

1. Two boats' crews from tlic U. 8. 
bark Kingfisher captured on the OcUla 



of the l>;t ]\[iryland regiment, w!io were 
captured in a previous battle at Front 
Royal, were released. 

80. A brigade of National troops, with 
4 comjianies of K. I. cavalrv, entered 
Front II )yal. Va., and surprised the 8 h 
Li , and l"3th Ga. troops, capturing 6 
otlicers and 150 men, killing and wound- 
in'.; 20, and securing 2 engines, 11 cars, 
and various stores. Fed. loss Skilled 5 
wounded. 

80. 1 8 of the 11 th Pa. cavalry captured 
near Zuni, Va. 

81. Skirinisl\ at Neosho. Mo. The 10th 
111. cavalry and ^'OO militia, under Capt. 
Riehard.-^on, wtTc driven from the town 
by rebs. and Indians, under Maj. Wright, 
altera sliiht resistance, and a quantity of 
plunder obtained by (he enemy. 

31. Baton Kouge, La., occupied by 
Federal troops under Gen. Williams. 

81. Skirmish near Washington, N. C, 
bv a ivirty of tlie 8rd N. Y cavalry, in 
which rei). cavalry were defeated with a 
loss of U. Federal loss, 2 wounded. 

81. Six reb. prisoners ordered to be 
executed by Gen. IJutler, at N. O., for 
violating their parole. 

81. Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. General 
Casey's division, after a gallant resistance 
were overwhelmed by the reb. army. At 
night the rebs. occupied the camps of 
the 4th corps, but their advance was 
broken. {4ens. Couch. Ileintzelman, 
Kearney, Richardson, and Sedgwick, ar- 
rived on the field at night with reinforce- 
ments. 

June 1. Col. Elliott with the 2d Ohio 
cavalry, returned to Coriutb, Miss., from 
a successful raid on the Mobile and Ohio 
railroad. He burned 2 locomotives and 
2(i cars loaded with supi)lies, destroved 
10,000 muskets, and captured 2,000 pris- 
oners. 

1. Gen. Dix assigned to command For- 
tress Monroe and vicinity. 

1. Rebel fortification at Pig Point, Va., 
destroyed. 

1. Skirmish between Strasburg and 
Staunton, Va., between Gen. Fremont and 



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1. Skirmish near Strasburg, Va., by 
Col. Cluserct's Fed. troops and Asldiy's 
cavalry. 

8. JIaj.-Gen. Robert E. L?e assigned to 
the command of the rebel army in front 
of Riehmond. 

4. Skirmish near Jasper, Tenn. Gen. 
Negley's troops routed a large force of 
reb. cavalry under Gen. Adams, capturing 
25, with a large quantity of arms, and 
killing and wounding 12. 

4. Sixteen hundred of Gen. Prentiss's 
troops captured at Pittsburg Landing, 
arrived at Na^-hville, on parole. 

4. Forts Pilldw and Randolph, on the 
Mississippi, were evacuated by the rebs. 
and occujiied by Fed. forces on the ensu- 
ing day. 

5. The 24th Mass. were attacked from 
an ambush, near VV^isIiiuirtou, N. C. 7 
men were killed and several wounded. 

5. Skirmish at New Bridge, on the 
Cbickahominy, by (Jeii.M'Clellan's foixes. 

5. Sharp skirmish on .lames Island, S. 
C, by the " Rouiulhead " Pa. reg't and 
the 8th iMichigan with rebels. 

6. The 1st N. J. cavalry were caught 
in an ambush near Harrisonburg, Va., 
and sustained considerable loss. ('ol. 
Windham was captured. Gen. Bayard's 
brigade engaged the rebels at that point 
and defeated them. 

6. Engagement between the Fed. gun- 
boats and rams rmd a reb. fiecU in front of 
Memphis, in which 4 of the latter were 
sunk or captured, and one escai)ed. 100 
reb. prisoners taken. Fed. loss none. 
Memphis occupied by Feiterals. 

7. Wm. ISIumford, a citizen of New 
Orleans, was hung for pidling down tlie 
American flag from the mint. 

7. Bombardment of rebel batteries at 
Chattanooga, Tenn., by Gen. Negley's 
command. 

7. Schooner Rowena captured in Stone 
river by the Pawnee. 

8. Lieut. John G. Sprotsden, executive 
officer of the U. S. giuiboat Seneca, was 
killed by a reb. named George Huston, 
captain of a baud of marauders near 



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June. 1862. 



Black Creek, Fla. The lieuten!\nt had I cavalry regiment, and also some hospital 
been despatclied with a force of 70 menjstores. Tlie mules allachcd to tlie wair- 
to arrest Husion and his ganji^, and had ()iis were driven off by the rebs. in their 
surrounded his house and demanded a retreat. 



surrender, when he was shot by Huston, 
wlio was in turn desperately wounded 
and captured. 

June 8. Battle of Cross-Keys. Va., near 
Port Republic. Gen. Fremont drove Gen. 
Stonewall Jackson with considerable loss. 

8. Skinnisii on .lames Island, S. C, by 
Col. Morrow's Federal troops. 

9. Battle of Port Kipublic, Va. Gen. 
Shields with 3,500 men was attacked by 
12,000 rebs. under .Jackson. Uuiou troops 
retreated after severe loss on both sidt-s. 

10. Skirmish on James Island, S. C. 
About 500 rebs. advanced on the Federal 
lines for liie purpo.se of caplur'i^ pickets, 
wiien '.liey encouuteK'd IheOTlh Pa. reg- 
iment, find 3 comi)anie3 of llie 45th Pa. 
Tlie rebs were defeated, leavinix 15 dead 
and 2 wounded on the field. Fed. loss, 
4 killed and V6 wounded. 

10. Fed. expedit'n up the White river, 
■when near St. Charles was tired into from 
n::isk'd batteries, and the gimboal Mound 
City received a shot in her boiler which 
occasioned the destruction of 100 of her 
crew by scalding, 23 only escaping. The 
reb. works were captured by the land 
forces under Col. Fitch, "who look 30 
prisoners. 

10 Baldwin and Guntown, Miss., 24 
miles from Corinth, occupied by Federal 
forces under Gen. Granger, at which pla- 
ces the pursuit of Beauregard's army 
from Corinth terminated. 

11. Skirmish near Montgomery, Ky. 
Feds, under Capts. Nicklin and Blood 
engaged a force of guerrillas, and cap- 
tured 25 of them, several of their number 
being killed or wounded. 2 Feds, were 
killed. 

11. A rebel battery of 4 guns captured 
at .James Island, S. C. ^ 

12. A rebel cavalry force of 1,400 men, 
under G(;n. J. E. B. Stuart, left Kichmimd 



12. A fight near Villaire Creek, Ark. 
The Dlh 111. cavalry, Cof. Brackett, en- 
gaged Hooker's reb. company, and de- 
feated them with the loss of 28 killed, 
wounded and piisoners. Fed. loss 13 w. 

12. A daring but unsuccessful attack 
was made on a reb fort on James Island, 
S. C, by the 79t[i \. Y., 8th Jlieh., and 
28th Mass., in which the Feds, were de- 
leated witii considerable loss. 

12. Forty farmers from Conway Co., 
Ark., came into the Fed. lines at Bates- 
ville, and eidisted in the army. 

13. A negro settlement on Hutehinsi n's 
Island, S. C., was broken up by a raiding 
party of 300 rebs. from Fort Chapman. 

13. Severe skirmishes in front of Gen. 
M'Clellan's lines, from Old Church to 
Fair Oaks. 

13. The reb. transport Clara Dolsen 
captured on the White river, Ark., by 
the tug Spitfire. 

13 Skirmish on James Isl., S. C. Reb. 
loss, 17 killed, 8 wounded. Union, 3. 
killed, 19 wounded. 

14. Capt. Atkin.son's company of 50th 
Ind. captured 6,200 pounds of powder at 
Sycamore mills, 30 miles below ]S'ash- 
ville, Tenn. 

15. The battle of Secessionville on 
.James Isl., S. C. Tlie Fed. forces under 
Gen. Beiiham, defeated with a loss of 
685 men killed, wounded, and prisoners. 

15. Skirmish near Fair Oaks, Ya., in 
which an attempt of the rebs. to fiank 
the Fed. lines during a thundersiorm 
was frustrated. 

15. U. S gunboats Tahoma and Som- 
erset, Lieuts. Howell and English, com- 
manders, cro.'-sed the bar of St. ]\Iark's 
river, Fla., and destroyed a reb. foil ai?d 
bairacks, driving out the reb. arlillei isls 
with 4 or 5 jhcccs. 

17. The U. S. steamers Bienville, Som 



before dayliuht, by the Charlottesville erset, and Montgomery, have captured 

turnpike, and penetrated tlie P\'d. linesseveral vessels recently cm the Fla. coast, 

to Hanover C. H., and the White House, laden with stores and munitions for the 

on the Pamunkey, and then by the way rebs. 

of iSew Kent C. H., cio.ssed the Chicka- 17. An act of Congress passed, forever 

hominy near Blind Ford, returning to prohibiting slavery in the territories of 

Riihmond by the Charles City road. In the U. S. 

their foray they were eminently success-l 18. A reconnoissance of the 16th Mas*. 

ful. Ill an engagement with a small force from the Potomac army, engaged the 

of U. S. cavalry 3 or 4 of the Feds, were enemy in a severe fight with great credit, 

killed, and also 2 teamsters. The rebs. and a loss of about 25 men in killed and 

captured about 50 prisoners, burned 2, wounded. 

schooners and 40 wagons laden with sup- 18. Maj. Zeley's troops attacked a band 

plies, destroyed the tents ot the U. S. 'of rebs. near Smithville, Ark., capturing 



•lone, 1862. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



their leader, Capt. Jones, and 14 of his 'grain, and forage, which had been seized 
■nien. 4 rebs. wounded ; Feds., 2 killed,jby the rebs., capturing a number of the 
4 wounileil. 'enemy, and restoring 100 refugees to 

18. (himberland Gap, Tenn., occupied I their homes. 

by Gen. Moi ;::an's Fed. troops. I 26. Skirmish on the Appomattox river, 

19. Skirmisli by the 20ih Ind. of thc|Va. 6 of Capt. Rogers' gunboat licet en- 
Army of the Potomac, in wliich great igaged reb. ballcrios, 6 miles from the 
gallantry was sliown, and sliglit loss suf-jmouth of the river. 

len-d by the F<'d. troops. 2G. 3 reb. gunboats burned on tl»e Ya- 

li). Reb. schooner Louisa, and two zoo river by their oflicors, to prevent 
boats laden with rice cai)tured on the their capture by the Uni<m ram-dotilla, 
Santee river, S. C, by U. S. steamer Al- Lieiit.-Col. Ellet, tlien in pursuit of them, 
batross. 26. The great scries of battles on the 

20. An attack was made by some of Cliickahominy, before Richmond, com- 
Coin. Farragut's fleet on the reb. l)atter- inenced at 2 i*. M. by the attack by a 



ies at Ellis' CliUs, on the .Miss, river. The 
enemy's guns were silenced after a shot 
from one of them had severely wounded 
two of the crew of the Sarah Bruin. 

20. Pres. Lincoln signed the bill pro- 
hibiting slavery forever in the U. S. ter- 
ritories. 

21. A series of skirmishes took place 
at the mouth of Battle Creek, Tenn. Col. 
LilTs Fi'd. troops defeated a body of the 
enemv with slight loss. 

21.''D'-:ith of Col. Charles Ellet, of the 
Miss, ram squadron, at Cairo, III., of 
wounds. 

21. S!<innish at Fair Oaks, Va. 



large force of rebels on McCall's divis- 
ion, on the extR'ine right of McClcllan's 
army at IMcc-hanicsviile. After losing 
more than 1000 men, the rebels retreated. 
Fed. loss, 80 killed, 150 wounded. 

26. Severe losses had Ot'cuirred in 
picket s.iirmishing on the Cliickahominy 
creek for two weeks previous. 9 Fede- 
rals were killed on this day. 

27. Skirmish (tn the Amite river. La. 
21st Ind. Col. Keith, defeated 2 parties 
of rel)els, after slight skirmishing. 

27. Skirmish near Swift Creek bridge, 
N. C. 
27. Battle of Gaines's Mill, near Rich- 



22. Part of the lOih III. cavalry cap-|mond, Va. Tiie Federals sue essfuUy re- 
turcd a train, 25 prisimers, and 10,000 lb.s.'Sist(Hl an attack by the rebel army and 



bacon, near Coldwater, on the Miss, and 
Tenn R. R 

22. '3 men killed and 8 wounded of the 
8(h Vt., at Algiers, near N". O., by a party 
of guerrillas who surprised them. 

2o. Pres. Lincoln ma^le a hurried visit 
to Gen. Scott, at West Point, N. Y., to 
confer with him in reference to some im- 
portant changes in the military depart- 
uients. 

25. Battle of Oak Grove, Va. General 
Hooker's forces with a loss of 200 men, 
defeated the rebs., who sutfered more se- 
verely. 

25. Gen. Pope arrived in Washington, 
to take command of the Arinv of Va. 



made good their retreat. 

27. Severe fight near Village Creek, 
Ark. 9th 111. cavalry, under Col. Brack- 
et!. Fed. loss 2 k. and 31 wounded. 

27. The Vicksburg " canal " com- 
menced, intended to isolate that place 
from the Mississippi river. 

28. 5 clergymen imju-isoned at Nash- 
ville, Tenn. by Gov. Johnson, for refus- 
ing to swear allegiance to the U. S. Go- 
vernment. 

28. Battle of the Chiekahominy, Va. 
Gen. Porter's troops bore the l)runt of 
the lighting, the Feds, still succes.sfully 
retreating. 

28. 100 of the Maryland Home Guard 



25. Gen. Fremont resigned his com- were captured at MoorfieUl, Hardy Co., 
mand in the U. S. Arm3^ jVii. by rebel troops under Col. Harness, 

25. A train of cars on the Memphis and formerly of Asliby's cavalrv. The pris- 
Ohio railroad, with a company of Fed. oners were puroh'd. 

troops, SO mule teams, &e., was caplun'il 28. .Vbout .'{!100,000 value of Govern- 
by the i('l)s. 10 Fed. soldiers were killed, ment stores were destroyed by Federal 
and liie cars and engine destroyed. itroops at the White House landing on 

25. Col. Georire Crook, with 1,750 men the Pamunkey river, Va., previous to 
fronj tlie IJIJlh, 44th, and 47th Ohio, andlevacuatiug that place, to prevent the 
tlie 2d Va. cavalry regiment, returned to rebels from seizing the same, 
his hea(l(|uarters at Meadow Bluff', Green-! 28. Fla^i-otlicer Farrauul with nine ves- 
briar Co., Va., after driving 2,000 rebels sels of his fleet ran by the rebel batteries 
under (ien. ll'jih, out of .Monroe Co., re-jat Vicksburg, through a severe lire, 
taking a large supply of provisions, losing 4 men killed and V6 wounded. 



THE WAE FOR THE UNION. 



June, 1862. 



June 29. The steamship Ann, of Lon- 
don, with a vahuble cargo, was captured 
in tlie act of unloading by die U.S.steam- 
CT Kanawha, at tlie mouth of I lie Mobile 
Bay, under the irnns of Fort Morgan. 

29. Battle of Peach Orchard, Va., in 
which the rebels were repulsed. 

29. Battle of Savage's Station, Va. 
The Union troofis continuing their re- 
treat were attacked. A sanguinary en- 
gagement ensued which resulted in 
heavy loss to both sides. 

29. Fight at Henderson, Ky. Andrews' 
Mich, battery and Louisville Provost 
Guard routed a body of rebel guerrillas. 

29. Heavy bombardment at Yicks- 
burg, Miss. 

30. Bridges at Harrodsburg and Nich- 
olasviile, Ky. burned by rebel guerrillas. 

80. Battle of White Oak Swamp, Va. 
which lasted the entire day. 

July 1. In response to a proposition 
from the loyal Governors of the States 
sugsjesting the employment of additional 
military force. President Lincoln called 
into service 300,000 men, to be appor- 
tioned from the several States. 

1. Battle of Malvern Hills, the last of 
the 7 days' contests, lasting 2 hours. The 
rel)els rei>ulsed at all points. As the Fed. 
forces neared James river, the Fed. gun- 
boats opened tire, and did great execu- 
tion. Tlie rebels were driven back dis- 
comfilted. 

1. Com. Porter's ram fleet skirmished 
with the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, 
Miss. 

1. Col. Sheridan, of the 2d Michigan 
cavalry, commanding 728 men, was at- 
tacked by a force of over 4,000 rebs. near 
Booneville, Miss. An engagement of 
seven hours' duration ensued resulting in 
the total defi^at of the rel)els, leaving G.") 
dead on the tield. The Federal loss was 
41 in killed, wounded and missing. 

2. Gen M'Clellan's army reached Har- 
rison's Bar on the James river, Va. 

2. Gen. Halleck left St Louis to take 
position as Gen.-in-chief at Washington. 

2. Flag-oflicer Farragut, with nine ves- 
sels of his fleet, pa.ssed above the reb. bat- 
teries at Vicksburg, Miss., through a se- 
vere fire, thus forming a junction with 
the Fed. fleet of the Upp"r Mis-issijipi. 
His loss in the engagement was 4 killed 
ftud 13 wounded. 

3. The brig Delilah captured by U. S. 
steamer Quaker City off llole-in-the-Wall 

3. Skirmish on the James river, Va. 
Gen. Davidson's brigade captured G reb. 
guns and a iinmt'er of prisoners. 

&. Commcucemeut of the bombard- 



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men t of Vicksburgh, Miss, by the com- 
bined fleets of Corns. Farragut and Por- 
ter. 

4. The United States flag waving in 
every State of the Union. 

4. Successful skirmish near Little Red 
river, Ark. by Fed. troops under Lieut- 
Col. Wood. 

4. Union pickets defeated in a skir- 
mish at Port Royal Ferry, S. C. 

4. The steamers Slate of Maine and 
Kennebec left Fortress Monroe with 559 
wounded soldiers for New York. 

4. 553 reb. prisoners, arrived at For- 
tress iVIonroe taken in the late battles near 
Richmond. 

4. 4,G00 Fed. prisoners were confined 
in Richmond, one fourlli of Avhom were 
wounded or sick. 

4. Skirmish near Gr.and Haze, on the 
White river, Ark. bv 13th Hi. 

4. Reb. gunboat Teazer captured on 
James river by U. S. steamer Maratanza. 

6. A fiirht at Grand Prairie, near Aber- 
deen, Ark. Col. Spicely's infantry de- 
feated reb. cavalr}^ routing them with 
great loss. 

7. Steamer Emilie cajitured off" Bull's 
Bay, S. C. by U. S. steamer Flag and 
liark Restless. 

7. Col. Hovey, with 4 companies of his 
53d III. regiment, 4 of the 11th iVIis.souri, 
and a battalion of Ind. cavalry, attached 
to Gen. Curtis's arnu' in Ark., routed 2 
Texan regiments at a point between 
Cotton Plant and Bayou Coache. Rebel 
loss 110 killed, left on the tield. Fed. 8 
killed, 47 wounded. 

8. Prcs. Lincoln reviewed the army of 
the Potomac at Harrison's Landing, Va. 

9. A detachment of 9th Pa. cavalry, 
250 strong, under Maj. Jc^rdan, were at- 
tacked at Tompkinsville, Monroe Co., 
Ky., by about 1,200 rebs. under Cols. 
John Morgan and Hunt. The Pennsyl- 
vanians were routed after a fight of 20 
minutes, with a loss of 4 killed, G wound- 
ed and 20 prisoners, including Maj. Jor- 
dan. 10 rebs. were killed, and Col. Hunt 
mortally wounded. 

9. Hamilton, N. C, captured by Fed. 
gunboats and 9th N. Y. volunteers. 

9. Gold coin commanded a premium 
of 17 per cent, in New York, silver 10, 
and nickel 3 per cent. 

10. Ninety rebs. while drilling in an 
old field between Gallatin and "llearts- 
ville, Tenn., were surprised and captured 
by Col. Boone's regimeni, and taken to 
Nashville as prisoners. 

11. Maj.-Gen. H. W. Halleek appoint'd 
commander-in-chief of the U. S. army. 



July, 1862. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



11. Skirmish near New Hope, Ky.ilion, and restoring the integrity of the 
Fed. troops under Lieut.-Col. iSloore, de- Union, 
fuated reb(;l cavalry. 1(3. Lieut. Rogers, of the U. S. steamej 

11. Capt. Cohl, with a company of Mo.'lluiitsviile, of the S. Atlantic blockading 
State Militia, defeated a band of rcbclsjsquadron, reported cai)luring the liritisli 
commanded by Col. Quantrell, at Pleas- schooner Agnes, with GO bales cotion and 
ant Hill, in which 6 rebs. were killed and|40 barrels rosin. Also the rebel hteamer 
5 badly wountletl. The Fed. loss was 9 Iteliance, from Dobay bai', Ga., bound for 



liilled and 15 u ounded ; Capt. Cohl being 
an>ong I be wounded. 

1:2. LJen. Curtis' army arrived in safety 
at Helena, Ark. .on the Misslssip|)i river, 
having deleated the rebs. in every en- 
counter during a five months' cam- 
paign, and frustrated their attempts to 
impede liis march and cut off his sup- 
plies. 

13. Fight at Lebanon, Ky. Union 
troops under Col. Johnson defeated by 
]\Iorgan's cavalry, and the town captured 
by the rebels. 

12. Fairmont, Mo., plundered by rebel 
guerrillas. 

i;J. Skirmish at Rapidan Station, Va., 
by Fed. troops under Maj. Deems, who 
destroyed the bridge and defeated a party 
of rebels. 

I'd. Memphis, Mo. robbed by 
guerrillas. 

13. A reb. force of 2,000 cavalry under 
Cols. Morgan and Forre?it, attacked the 



Nassau, with 2-l;J bales Sea Island cotton. 

17. S.viimisli at Cyulhiana, Ky., Capt. 
Glass' troops. 

17. Gonlonsville, Va., occupied by 
Gen. Pope's Fed. troops. 

17. Adjournment of Congress. 

17. Conliscalion bill signed by tho 
Presiilent. 

17. Skirmish near Columbia, Tenn, 
Lieut. Roberts, of 1st Ky. Union cavalry, 
kept at bay a superior reb. force in a 
light of G hours. 

18. Twenty-eight men of company A., 
N. Y. cavali-y, were captured at Orange 
C. H., on the Orange and Alexandria 
rulway, by rebel cavalry under Geu. 
Ewell. 

18. Severe fight near Memphis, Mo. 

400 Feds, under Maj. Cl()p()er, defeated 

rebel j a reb. force under Col. Porter. Fed. 

I loss, 15 killed and ;50 wounded. Reb. 

loss, 23 killed besides wounded. 

18. The town of Newburij, Ind., rob- 



9lh .Mich. 3d Minn., and lleuiti's battery bed by reb. troops uL.ler Capt. Johnson 



under Gen. T. A. Crittenden, at Miu'frees 
borough, Tenn., cai)turing the entire 
force. Reb. loss, 30 killed and 100 wound- 
ed. Fed. loss, 33 killed, 02 woimded. 
14. Cynthi:ina, K3^, captured by Mor- 



19. Fifiy-three men ,)f 3d Micii. cav- 
alry captured near Booneville, Miss. 

19. The reb. Col. Morgan was attacked 
on Garret Davis' farm, near Paris, K3'., 
by Gen. Green Clay and Col. Metcalf, 



gan's rebel troops, and a small force of with 1,(100 cavalry, and routed with loss. 
Feds., under Capt. Arthur, taken pris- 19. A bind of 32 reb. guerrillas crossed 
oners. the Ohio river troni Kentuckv to New- 

15. Maj. Miller, with 600 men fromlhurg, Ind., and plundered the Imspital 
lOlh 111., 2d Wis., and 3d Mo., attacked a jantl oilier buildings, recrossing die river 
superior force of rel)s. under Rains and l.elbre the armed ibrces in the nei'dibor- 



Cotfee, at Fayette ville, Ark., routin_ 
them with great loss. 

15. Gen. David E. Twiggs died at 
Augusta, Ga. 

15. The reb. iron-clad ram Arkansas, 
came down the Yazoo rivi'r and eimaged 
the Fed. gunboats Caroiulelet and Tyler, 
and ram Lancaster. The ram succeetleil 
in escaping to Vicksburg with a loss of 
10 killed and 15 wounded, including the 
comm ind T, Cajit. Brown. 22 Federals 
were killed, and 55 wounded and miss- 
ing. 

15. A large and enthusiastic Union 
meeting was held in N. Y. city, in which 
all classes of citizens were fully repre- 
sented, and a unanimity of purpose e-\- 
])ressed to sustain the (government to the 



hood could intercept them. 

19. A down train on the Columbia 
railway, Tenn., when 12 miles belovv 
Reynolds Siation, was thrown from ihe 
I rack, and Capt. J. Fatrem of ihe ii ii 
Ohio, and four others killed, and about 
30 wo.uuled. 

20. S.unnish on James river, Va, by 
8th Pa. cavalry, Capt. Keenan. 

20. One luiiidi-od and forty men of Ihe 
Harris Light Cavalry, under Col. Davis, 
i)enetrai((l Ihe reb. lines on the VirL^inia 
Central railwa}-, 12 miles west of 11 mo- 
ver Junction, destroying the military 
ilores and the railway at Beaver Dam 
Creek, and returned to Freilericksburg 
lU safety, m;ux'hing 80 miles in 30 hours. 

21. All the niililia in the Slate of Mo. 



fullest e-vtent in putting down the rebel-i were ordered to be enrolled by Guv. 

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THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 



July, 1862. 



Gamble, subject to the call of Gen. Scho- 
field, for the purpose of destroying the 
giiorrilhi bands in the State. 

July 21. A band of guerrillas under 
Capt. Rc(;ves surprised a body of State 
militia connnanded by Capt. Leeper, at 
Greenville, Wayne county, Mo., many ol 
^vh()nl wore killed and wounded and the 
remainder driven from the town. 

23. A band of 40 rebels attacked a 
wagon train at Pittsburgh Landing, 
Tenn., and captured 60 wagons witli 
army stores. 

22. A Union cavalry company fired, 
by mistake, on a Confederate detachment 
with a flag of truce returning under 
Union escort from Cumberland Gap, 
Tenn. A lieutenant was killed, and 6 
privates wounded. Lieut.-Col. Kregan, 
commanding the Union escort, and Capt 
Lyons, of Gen. Morgan's staff, were se- 
verely wounded. Several Union soldiers 
were killed and wounded. 

22. Keb. steamer Reliance captured by 
U. S. steamer Huntsville. 

22. Maj.-Gen. Sherman look command 
at. Mempiiis, Tenn. 400 citizens took 
the oath, and loO wx're sent south. 

2^. Florence, Ala. entered by rebel 
troops, who burned a large supply of Fed. 
B'.ores. 

2;J. 00 wagons, laden with commissary 
stores, were captured by rebels near 
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. 

23. An unsuccessful attempt was made 
to sink the reb. ram Arkansas, at V'ieks- 
burg, by Col. El let, with the Union ram 
Q leen of the VVest. 

2:J. Fight near Florida, Mo. Fed. cav- 
alry uu.ier Maj. Caldwell attacked by 
rebs. umler Col. Porter. Feds, defeated 
with a loss of 26. 

2o. An attempt was made by a portion 
of the rebel prisoners confined at Chica- 
go, 111., to escape from their guards, who 
rallied and drove them back, a few only 
escaping. Several of the prisoners were 
killctl and wounded. 

2:J. A detacliment of four companies 
of Fid. troops, under Maj. Lip])ert, sent 
out I'rom Kivas Station by Col. Boyd to 
intercept the guerrillas who made the 
raid oil Greenville, Mo., met the enemy, 
and dispersed the band, taking 16 pris- 
oners, and recovered the booty taken at 
Greenville. 

2o. Lieut.-Col. Kilpatrick, with part of 
the N. Y. Harris Light Cavalry, left 
Fredericksburg, Va., on the 22d, and en- 
coinitered and defeated a body of rebel 
cavalry near Channel Church, on the road 



to Richmond, whom they defeated, burn- their commander 



ed their camps and six cars loaded with 
corn, and broke up the telegrai)h to Gor- 
donsville. An hour later they routed a 
large body of Stuart's cavalry, captured 
several prisoners and a large number of 
horses. 

23. Gen. James H. Lane, of Kansas, 
was authorized by the Government to 
organize an independent brigade in Kan- 
sas. 

24. E.x-President Martin Van Buren 
died at his residence at Lindenwold, N. 
Y., in the 80th year of his age. 

24. Rebel raid into Gloucester Point, 
Va. Citizens impressed, and much pr< ip- 
erty destroyed. 

24. Steamer Tubal Cain captured by 
U. S. gunboat Octarora. 

24. Skirmish at Malvern Hill, Va. 

24. Skirmish at Coldwater, iliss. 

24. Si\irmish near Decatur, Ala. Part 
of 31st Ohio, under Capt. llarman, de- 
feated a rebel force, who lost 10 killed 
and 30 wounded. 

24. Lieut.-Col. Starr, with 80 of 9th 
Va. cavalry, surprised and captured at 
Summerville, Va., by rebel cavalrv under 
Maj. Bailey. 

25. Tlie steamer S. E. Spaulding arriv 
ed at Philadelphia, Pa., with 240 wound- 
ed and sick soldiers released from Rich- 
mond. 

25. 900 paroled wounded prisoners ar- 
rived at Fortress Monroe from Rich- 
inond. 

25. Col. Magoflin, and 35 other rebel 
prisoners escaped from the military pris- 
on at Alton, 111., by digging a tunnel un- 
der the wall. 3 or 4 gave themselves up 
next day, and several were recaptured. 

25. A fight on the llatehie river, near 
Brownsville, Tenn., between rebs. under 
Capt. Faulkner, and cavalry led by Maj. 
Wallace. 

25. 2 companies of Fed. troops under 
Capt. Davidson, were sui [Jiised and cap- 
tured at Courtland, Ala. 

25. Skirmish near Orange C. 11., Va. 
A skirmish party from Gcn.Ciibson's Fed. 
connnand tld'eatetl with a loss of 5 kill- 
ed, and 12 wounded and prisoners. 

20. Dispatch boat Sallie Wood captur- 
ed by rebels 150 miles above Vicksliuri^. 
20. Attack on Ft. James, on the Og( eche 
river, Ga. by Fed. gunboats, repulseil. 

27. Richmond, Ky., plunuered by rebs. 
under Col. Morgan. 

27. Battle near Bayou Bernard, Chero- 
kee nation, between Col. Phillips' troojjs, 
and rebels under Col. Tayhjr. Tlie lat- 
ter defeated with the loss of 125 men and 



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CHRONOLOGY. 



28. The office of TJie St. Croix Herald 
in St. Stephens, N. B., was visited by a 
mob and destroyed. It was the only 
newspaper in New Brunswick that advo- 
cat(>d the Union cause. 

38. Three rebel clergymen, Messrs. 
Elliot, Ford, and Baldwin, of Nashville, 
■were committed to jail by order of Gov. 
Johnson. 

28. Col. Guitar of the 9th IMissouri 
Regiment, reinforced by Lieut.-Col. Shaf- 
fer and Maj. Clopper of Merrill's Horse, 
and Maj. Caldwell of the ;Jd Iowa cavalry, 
e.'iO strong, were attacked at Moore's 



1. Skirmish at Newark, Mo. A com- 
pany of State troi)i)s, under Capt. L lir, 
were captured by a superior force of 
rebs. under Col. Porter. 

1. Skirmishing near Orano-e C. FI., Va., 
by Fed. troops under Gen. BMyanl. 

2. Skirmish at O/ark, Mo. iri .Xat'um-ils 
under Capt. Birch engaged and defeated 
a rebel party. 

2. Skirn)ish at Orange C. II., Va., by 
Gen. Crawford's Fed. troops, who lost 4 
killed and 12 wounded. 

8. The British i^roiieller Columbia, 
with a cargo of 12 Armstrong guns, and 



Mills, seven miles east of Fulton, Mo., by, several thousand Entield rilies, waa 
Cols. Porter and Cobb, with 800 str()ng.|captured off the Bahamas by the U. S. 



Fed. loss 10 killed, and ;J0 wounded. The 
rebs. left 52 dead on the field, and had 100 
wounded. 

21). Rus.sellville, Ky., attacked by rebs. 
under Col. Gano, and the Home Guards 
defeated. 

2!). Skirmish at Brownsville, Tenn. by 
Union cavalry under Capt. Dollin, and 
reb. troops. Feds, captured 11, and lost 
4 kilh'd, and 6 wounded. Rebs. lost 10 
killed and wounded. 

30. Between 400 and TOO rebel prison 
ers confined in Fort Delaware, Del, took 
the oath of allegi mce 

30. Hon. John S. Phelps, of Mo., the 
newly appointed military Governor of 
Arkansas, arrived at St. Louis. 

30. Reb. raid into Paris, Ky., under 
Col. Jo. Thompson. 

31. Steamer Memphis captured by U 
8. gunboat Magnolia, off Charleston, S. C 

31. 5 men killed, and 4 woynded by 
shells thrown by the rebs. from the left 
bank of James river into the Fed. camp 
at Harrison's Landing. 

31. Steamer Ocean Queen sailed from 
Fort Warren, Mass., for James river, with 
200 released rebel prisoners, 

31. A scouting party seven miles from 
Luray, in the direction of Shenandoah 
river, encountered a body of rebel horse, 
who fled, leaving 5 of their number pris- 
oners, and 1 dead. 

31. 2o0 citizens of Woodville, Rappa- 
hannock Co., Va., took the oath of alle- 
giance before Capt. Bainl, of Gen. Mil- 
roy's staff. Five refusing to affirm were 
arrested and sent to Gen. Sigel's head- 
quarters. 

Au3;. 1. Artillery skirmishing on 
James river, Va., near Harrison's Land- 
ing, by reb. batteries and Union gunboat 
fleet. 

1. AU the buildings opposite Harrison's 
landin! 
troops. 



unboat Sanlingo de Cuba. 
3. Alexandria, Mo., pillaged by rebel 
guerrillas. 

3. Skirmish near Cox's river, Va. The 
13th Va. cavalry were attacked by Col. 
Averill's Fed'iral troops, and put to 
flight. 

4. Col. Wynkoop's Fed. troops were 
ilcfeated in a skirmish near Sparta^ 
Tenn. 

4. Skirmish on White river, 40 miles 
from Forsyth. Capt. Birch's company 
of 14th Mo. engaged Col. Lawther's reb. 
band. Fed. loss 3 killed 7 wounded. 

4. An immediate draft of 300,000 men 
was onlered by Pres. Lincoln from tiie 
militia of the States, for nine months. 
Also an additional quota bv special drift 
to fill up the ranks of the 300,000 volun- 
teers previously called for, should the 
same not be enlisted by the loth of Au- 
gust. 

5. Reb. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, with 
5,000 men, attacked Gen. Williams, with 
2,500 men at Baton Rouge, La. Rebels 
defeated. Gen. Williams killed. Fed. 
loss 250 killed, wounded, and missing. 
Reb. loss COO. 

5. Skirmish at Malvern Hills, Va. Gen. 
Hooker's Fed. troops engaged. 

5. Skirmish at Point Pleasant, Mo. 

6. Skirmish at Monteralla, Mo. Maj. 
Montgomery's troops d(;feated gueiTillas. 

6. Destruction of rebel ram Arkansas 
by U. S. gunboat Essex, Capt. Porter, 
near Vicksl)uri;, Miss. 

6. Biig.-Gen^ R. L. McCook died in 
the Fed. camp near Deckard, Tenn., 
from wounds received from guerrillas 
whiUi in an ambulance. 

0. Fed. troops under Gen.s. Gibbon and 

Cutler encountered Stuart's reb. cavalry 

7 miles beyond Matta|)ony river, Va. 72 

Feds, taken prisoners. The Union forces 

Va., were destroyed by Union (destroyed several bridges and considera- 

Ible reb. stores. 



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Aug., 1862 



Aug. 6. Skirmishes near Tazewell, 
Tenn. Col. De Courcey's Union troops 
repulsed a reb. force. 

7. Battle near Fort Fillmore, N. Mex. 
Col. Sibley's reb. troops were defeated by 
Unionists under Col. Canby. 

7. Keb. cavalry under Capt. Faulkner, 
surprised near Trenton, Tenn., by 2d III. 
cavalry. Reb. loss 30 killed and 30 woun- 
ded. 

7. Reb. Col. Porter defeated near Kirk- 
ville. Mo., by 1,000 Feds, under Col. Mc- 
Neill. 

7. Flight in Dodd Co., Mo. Maj. Mont- 
gomery's Feds, defeated rebs. untler Col. 
Coflin. Reb. loss. 11 killed, 4 wounded, 
and 17 prisoners. 

7. Skirmish at Wolftown, near Madison 

C. H., Va. 

7. Malvern Hills, Va., abandoned by 
Gen. Hooker's Fed. troops. 

9. 26 reb prisoners shot at Macon City, 
Mo., for violating their parole. 

9. Porter's guerrillas routed by Col. 
McNeill's Fed. troops at Stockton, Mtv- 
con Co., Mo. 

9. Buttle of Cedar Mountain,Va. Gen. 
Banks' corps attacked near the Rapidan 
river by reb. Gen. Jackson, with superior 
force. Rebs. repulsed. Fed. loss, 1500, k. 
w. and pris. 

9. U. S. steam frigate Lackawanna 
launched at Brooklyn, L. I. 

9-10. Recruiting very brisk through- 
out the country. JIany fled to Canada 
and other remote places to rtvoid being 
drafted. Traveling restricted, by order of 
Government, to prevent fugitives from 
escaping. 

10. U. S. steamer Freeborn brought 25 
prisoners and 5 sailboats to Washington, 

D. C. captured while engaged in contra- 
band trade (m the Chesapeake. 

10. Donaldsonville, La., partially de- 
stroyed by men from U. S. sloop Brook- 
lyn. 

11. Bayou Sara, La., seized by national 
troops. 

11. Col. Buell, with 7th Mo. cavalry, 
was defeated at Independence, Mo., by 
rebels under Col. Hughes, who captured 
the town. 

11. Skirmish 11 miles E. of Helena, 
Ark. 3d Wis. defeated reb. cavalry un- 
der Jetl'. Thompson. 

11. Part of lllh 111. cavalry defeated 
rebs. at Salisbury, 5 miles E. of Grand 
Junction, Tenn. capturing a captain and 
27 hor,'<es. 

11. Skirmishes near Williamsport, 
Tenn. Maj. Kennedy's Fed. troops de- 
Seated rebels. 



11. Fight near Compton'a Ferry, on 
Grand river, Mo. Coi. Guitar's Union ca- 
valry defeated rebs. under Col. Poindex- 
ter, who lost 100 k. and w. and 200 pris. 

11. A skirmish near Reelsville, Callo- 
way Co., Mo. Col. Smart's Mo. State cav- 
alry routed Cobb's guei-rillas. 

11. Skirmish near Kinderhook, Tenn. 
Col. McGowan's Union troops defeated 
Anderson's rebels, who lost 7 k. and 27 
prisoners. 

11. Battle at Clarendon, Monroe Co., 
Ark. Gen. Hovey's Fed. troops defeated 
rebels, and took (JOU prisoners. 

12. The Fed. garrison at Gallatin, 
Tenn. captured by. Col. J. II. Morgan's 
cavaliy, who in turn were driven out by 
Col. Miller's Fed. troops, who killed G 
rebs. and wounded a number in the 
charge. 

13. Collision on the Potomac river, Va. 
bj steamers Peabody and West Point. 73 
lives were lost. 

13. Col. Guitar overtook Poindexter'a 
reb. troops at Yellow Creek, Clinton Co. 
Mo. and scattered them, taking CO pris- 
oners. 

13. 24th Mass., Gen. Stevenson, with 
gunboats Wilson and Ellis proceeded 
from Newbern, N. C, to Swansboro', and 
destroyed rebel salt works. 

14. Slight skirmish near Helena, Ark. 

15. 10 rebel recruits captured in St. 
Mary's Co., ^Id , by Fed. cavalry. 

15. Skirmish on the Obion river, Tenn., 
at Merriwether's Landing, Col. T. W. 
Harris's Fed. troops routed rebs. under 
Capt. Binfield, who lost 20 k. and 9 pris- 
oners. 

16. Cols. Corcoran and Wilcox, Lieut.- 
Col. Bi'own and Maj. Rogers, late prison- 
ers, reached Fort Monroe, having been 
exchanged by the rebels. 

16. Lieut. Black and 5 men captured 
by the rebs. on the Rapidan river, Va. 

IG. 8 gunboats and rams, under Col. 
E'.let, with the 57th Ohio and 33d Ind., in 
transports, lelt Helena, Ark., this day, 
sailed down the Jlississppi to Jlilliken's 
Bend, where they captured the steamer 
Fairplay, with arms, &c. for 6000 men. 
Furlher captures were made at Haines' 
Blulfand at Richmond, La.., and property 
destroyed. 

16. Gen. McClellan's army evacuated 
Ilairison's Landing, Va., and removed 
to Williamsburg. 

16. Fight at Lone Jack, JIo. 800 
State militia under jMaj. Foster, engaijed 
a superior rebel force under Col. Oollee. 
Feds, defeated with loss of 60 k. and 100 
wounded. Reb, loss 110 k. and w. 



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18. The steamers Skylark and Sallie 
were burned by rebels, and tlicir crews 
captured, at the mouth of Duek creek, 50 
miles above Fort Henry, Tenn. river 

19. Union garrison at Clarksville, 
Tenn., the 71st Ohio, under Col. I^Iason, 
surrendered to a rebel force, under Col. 
"Woodward. 

19. Steamer Swallow burned by rebels 
25 uiiies below Memphis, Tenn. 

19. Skirmish near Kienzi, Miss. 

19. ^faj.-Gen. Wriglit assigned to com- 
m.and Department of Oluo. 

19. Skirmish near Hickman, Mo. Rebs 
defeated by cavalry under Capl. Moore 
Fed. loss 2 w. Reb. loss 4 k. 19 prisoners. 



ler's stores, sacked the hospital, and rap- 
tured the\vagons and jtapers ,,i'(,nn Pc.pe, 

22. Fort Ridgely, ^liini. Avas attacked 
by a large body of Inc'ians, wiio were re- 
pulsed witli great ]os,s. Fed. loss, 3 
killed and 80 wounded. 

22. Artillery skirmishing along the 
Rappahannock river, Va., by the armies 
of Pope and Lee. (xen. Sigel's corps en- 
gaged tiie enemy with spirit, and inflicted 
severe loss on the rebs. before they were 
permitted to cross tlie river. 

2u. Tlve U. S. sl()oi)-()f-vvar Adirondack 
was wrecked on a coral reef near Little 
Abaco, W. I. The crew saved. 

2;J. The schooner Louisa was captured 



19. Sioux Indians destroyed U. S. by the U. S. steamer Bienville, at Charles- 
agencies at Yellow Medicine, and Red ton, S. C. 

Wood, and partly destroyed New Ulm,i 2:3. A train of cars on the j\Iempliis 
Minn., killing aiid wounding more than and Charleston railroad attacked by 400 
100 persons. ignerrillas 'i miles from Courlland, Tenn., 

20. Skirmish at Brandy station, Va. who destroyed tlie cars. Part of the 42d 
Gen. Pope's army, retreating to the Rap- 111. was on board. 8 rebs. killed. Fed. 



pahannock river, were overtaken by Lee's 
forces, and a fight ensued, chiefly an ar- 
tillery duel. 

20. Skirmish at Edgefield Junction, 
Tenn. Part of 50th Ind. and Col. J. H. 
Morgan's reb. cavalry. The latter re- 
treated with a loss of 7 killed and 20 
wounded. 

20. Skirmish near Union Mills, Mo. 
A sural 1 force of Feds, under Maj. Price 
were ambushed by rebs. but defeated 
them, capturing 4 men and 16 horses, and 
killing one man. Fed. loss 4 killed and 3 
wounded. 

21. Gen. Pope and Gen. Lee's armies 
facing each other on the Raiipahannock 
river. An attempt by the rebs. to cro.ss 
at Kelly's Ford was foiled by Gen. Reno's 
troops, who attacked them with artillery 
and cavalry. 

21. Reb. schooner Eliza captured ofl' 
Cliarleston, S. C, by U. S steamer Bien- 
ville. 

21. Union pickets on Pinckney Island, 
Hilton Head, S. C, were attacked by rebs. 
who cajnured 32, killed 3 and wounded 3 

22. Defeat of Gen. Johnscm near 
Gallatin, Tenn. by Morgan's Confed. cav- 
alry. Fed. loss, 64 killed, 100 wounded, 
and 200 prisoners, including Gen. John- 
son and his staff. 

22. Death of Rear-Adm. George Camp 
bell Read, at Philadelpliia. 

22. Skirmishes near Crab Orchard, Ky. 
9th Pa. cavalry, under Gen. G. C. Snntli 
defeated reb. cavalry under Col. Scott 

23. Gen. Stuart's reb. cavalry pene- 
trated in the rear of Gen. Pope's army, 
at Catlett'3 Station, Ya., destroyed sut 



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loss 2 wounded and 2 missing. 

23. Muting" in Spinola's Empire Brig- 
ade at E. New York. 1 man killed and 
several wounded. 

23. A passenger train was destroyed 
on the Winchester Va. railroad ne;ir Har- 
per's Ferry 4 of the 1st Mich, ciipiincd. 

24. Con'tinuatiim of artillery battle on 
the banks of the Rajipahiinnock river, 
V^a., bet veen Pope's and Lee's armies 
Gen. Milroy's Fed. brigade sull'ered se- 
vere loss. 

24. Skirmish near Lamar, Kansas. 
Quantrell and Hays' reb. troops attacked 
Kansas troops under Maj. Cami)bell and 
Capt. Grund. Fed. lo.ss 2 killed and 21 
wounded. 

24 Reb. schooner Water-witch, cap- 
tured off Aransas, Te.xas, by U. S. 
schooner Corypheus. 

24. Skirmish near Dallas, Mo. 12th 
Mo. cavalry, Maj. B. F. Lazear, defeated 
Col. Jeffries' reb. troops with loss. 

25. 18 rebs. captured near Mount Ster- 
ling, Ky. by Capt. Warren's Bath County 
Guards. 

25. Maj. Lippert, with 3 companies of 
13th 111. cavalry was attacked by oOO reb. 
cavalry under Col. Hicks, 36 miles be- 
yond Bloomficld, Mo. Rebs. defeated, 20 
killed and many wounded and takea 
prisoners. 

25. Col. Woodward, with a strong 
force of rebs. attacked Fort Donelson, 
Tenn. and was repulsed with heavy loss. 

25. New Ulm, Minn, was evacuated 
by the entire population and garrison 
under Caj^t. Flaudrau, after fighting the 
Sioux Indians for two days. 



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Aug., 1862. 



Aug. 25. Skirmish with juiprriHixs ne:ir 
Danvilh', Ky., by Danville and Hanods- 
buvi^h Iloiiie Guards. 

2fi. Skirmish near Madisonville, Ky. 
A Union foi'oc umler Col. Foster defeat- 
ed rel». sriierrillas. 

2G. Filth Iowa cavalrj'. Col. Lowe, de- 
foal od rebs. under Col. 'Woodward near 
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Fed. loss 2 killed 
and 18 wounded. 

2G. A larne quantity of Government 
stores were destroyed at Manass;is, Va , 
by reb. cavalry under Fitz-Ili gh Lee. 
who drove the Fed. forces towards Alex 
andria. 

26. Gen. Burnside relinquished com 
niand of Department of N. Carolina 
He was succeeded by Gen. Foster. 

27. Schooner Anna Soplda captured 
by the a\inboat R. K. Cuyler olF Wil 
niin>:ton, N. C. 

27. Kcbs. under Col. Coffee defeated 
on the Osage river, near Lone Jack, Mo.. 
bv Gen. Blunt's troops. 

"27. At Waterford, Va., part of Capl 
j\Icans' comjiany of Fed. cavalry was cap- 
tured by rebs. under Cnpi. While. 

27. Gen Hooker's division eugnge(' 



rebs. under Gen. Enell at Kettle Run, corps 



29. Skirmish nt;ir .Manchester. Tenn. 
18th Ohio, Cai)t. Miller, defeated rebel 
cavalry with loss. 

29. Skirmish at Bonnet Carre, La. 8th 
Vt., Col. Thomas, deleated guerrillas and 
captured armv stores. 

29 ;!0. Rattles at Rielimond, Ky. Feds. 
under Gens Manson and Crnft cnm]Mlled 
to retreat before rebs. under Gen. K. Kir- 
by Smith, alter losing 200 killed, 700 
wounded and 2,000 'u'isoners. 

30. Fight at Bolivar, Tenn. 78th Ohio, 
Col. Leggett, routed a superior force of 
adis. under Gen. Armstroui;'. Fed. loss, 
■) killed, 18 wounded, 04 nussing. 

•iO. Buckhannon, Va., captured by 
rebs., and Government military stores 
seized. 

30. Fight at M']\rinnville. Tenn. 26th 
Ohio, Col. Fytfe, defeated Gen. Forrest's 
rebel cavalry. 

oO. Gen. Pope's forces, consisting of 
the corps of Gen. Ileintzelman, Porter, 
M'Dowell and Banks, engai:ed Lee's 
•umj' at the old battle groimd of Bull 
iJun, Va. After .severe los.< the Federals 
lell back to Centreville, where they were 
supported by Sumner's and Franklin's 



Va., near Bristow's station, and drove 
them from the field ; loss about 300 on 
each side. 

28. Fight at Readyville, Tenn. The 
2od Ky., Col. Murphy, defeated reb. cav- 
alry niider (ien. Forrest. 

28. $5(i0.000 was assessed on wealthy 
secessionists at St. Louis. Mo., by Gen. 
Schofield, for the relief of destitute 
Unionists. 

28. Severe fight six miles west of Cen- 
treville, Vsu Gens. ^M'Dowell and Sigel' 
troops defeated rebs. under Gen. Jackson, 
who was driven back witli loss, including 
many prisoners. 

2S". City Point on *he James river, Va.. 
destroyed by Fed. gunboats under Com. 
Wilkes. 

28. Skirmish at Shady Springs, 10 
miles from Raleigh C. [I., Va. 2d Va. 
Fed. favalry, Lieut Montu^omery, defeat- 
ed reb. cavalry, taking 5 prisoners. 

29. Battle at Groveion, Va. Thetroops 
of Gens. Hooker, Sigel, Kearney, Reno, 
and King defeated rebs. under Jackson 
and Longstreet, with great loss. The 
fight lasted from davvn till dark. 

"29. Twelve ofliicers of 71st Ohio dis- 
missed the service for publishing a card 
staling they had advised Col. Mason to 
Buirender Clarksville, Tenn., to the rebs. 
20. Eighteen guerrillas captured 12 
miles S. E. of Memphis, Tenn. 



31. Fredericksburg, Va., evacuated by 
Gen. Burnside. Tiie three bridL.'-es, foun- 
dry and military storeiiouses burucid. 

31. lluntsville, Ala., evacuated bv Gen. 
Buell. 

31. Great excitement in the north, on 
hearing of the disaster to Gen. Pope's 
army. Immense quantities of hospital 
and other stores, contributed and Ibr- 
warded this da\'. 

31. Skirmish at Medor Station on Mis- 
sissipjii Central R.R.,Teim. vVrmsimng's 
reb. cavalry attacked the place, but were 
driven oil' with loss. 

31. Stevenson, Ala., captured by rebel 
troops under Col. McKinsiry, and a lariio 
amount of ammunition and stoi( s >eiz(.'tl. 

31. Reb. steamer Emir.a, witii 740 bales 
of cotton, grotnuled and burned on the 
Savannah river. 

31. Bavou Sara, La., burned by the 
crew of U. S. guubo;it Essex. 

Sep. 1. Battle at Britton's Lane, near 
Denmark, Tenn. 30th Blinois, Col. Den- 
nis, defeated a superior force of rel)s. un- 
lerGen. Armstrong. Ik-b. loss, 180 killed, 
220 wounded. Fed. loss, 200 killed and 
wounded. 

1. Lexington, Ky., occupied by Gen. 
E. K. Smith's rebel troops. 

1. Natchez, Miss., shelled by Federal 
gunboats. 

1. Severe fight at Stevenson, Ala. 



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CHRONOLOGY. 



Rebs. retire with greit loss. Feds, en- 
panned : Siinoiitou's Ohio, and Loomis' 
Mich, b tileries, and lOlb Wis. and IJtli 
Mich, regiments. 

1. Severe enycvgenient at Chantilly, 
near Fairfax- C. II.', Va. Gen. Pope'.s aV- 
my deiealed Jackson, Ewell, and Hill. 



Dodge's K Y. Mounted Rifles, returned 
to SulFolk, Va., from a sc(-ut lO miles west 
of Soiitli .Mills, where they capUiteJ 113 
rebs. and 38 negroes, who were pris- 
(mers. 

4. Three bridges burnt by rebels on 
>enson Creek, (.it) miles east of Louisville, 



Heavy loss on b,)ili sides. Death of Gens-^Ky. 

Kearney and Stevens. 4. Jeff. Davis appointed the ISlli inst. 

1. Tlic spirit ration in the U. S. navy as a clay of thanksgiving for Confederate 
discontinued on this day by act of Con- victories. 

gress. 4. Skirmish near Cumberland G.ip, 

2. Great excitement in Cincinnati, 0.,!Tenn., in wliich rebs. were defeated with 
and Covington and Newport, Ky., in [loss. 

consequence of the appro.ich of Kirby 4. Frcderi k City, Md., evacuated by 
Sm'th's reb. army. B isiness suspended. Feds, after burning hospital and conimis- 
and citizens of all classes in tlie tield sary stores, 
drilling. 4. Joseph Holt, of Ky., appointed 

2. A train of 100 wagons, with army j Judge Advocate General of the U. S, 
stores, captured by rebs. between Fair- ja. my. 

fax and Centreville, Va., which necessi- 4. Rivenswood, Va., sacked by rebels. 
tated the retreat of the Unicm army to 4. The ship Oemulg(;e burned at sea 
Munson's Hill. by rebel privateer " 29 J." 

2. Versailles, Ky., occupied by rebel 5. The Fed. army under M'Clellan had 
cavalry undi'r Gen. Scott. ladvaced from thc'Capital to the upper 

2. Fight at Moi-gansfield, Ky. 8th Ky. |Potomac, Md. side, 
cavalry. Col. ShackleCord, defeated guer- 1 (5. Washin-ton, K C, attacked by 



rilias under Col. A. U. Joiuison 

2. Fight near Plymouth, N. C. A party 
of loyal inhabitants led by Serg't Green, 
of Hawkins' Zouaves, and some of his 
men defeated Col. Garret's r(!)el force, 
who lost :!0 killed and 40 taken prisoui'rs 

2. Hu.C:nnson and Forest City, Minn., 
attacked by hostile Indians, who were 
defeated at both places. 

2. Winchester, Va., evacuated by Gen. 
Pope's arinv, who retreated to Harper's 
Ferrv. 

2. The U. S. steamer W. B. Terry cap 
tured by rebs on the Tenn. river, while 
agroun 1 at Duck Shoals. 

2. Skirmish near Slaughterville, Kj'. 
Fed. troops, under Lieut-Col. Poster, de- 
feated reb. cavalry, the latter losing 3 
killed, 2 wounde.l and 2^) prisoners. 

' 2. Fii;ht near Grieger's Lake, Ky. Col. 
Shackelford's Fed. iroo|)S defeated Col. 
Jo inson with (iOO rebels. 

3. Gen. Pope asked to be relieved from 
command of the army of the Potomac, 
and .vas iransferred to the North-west. 

4. Gov. Ciirlin, of Pa., called out the 



rebs., who were repulsed with loss of 33 
killed and 100 wounded. Fed. loss 8 
killed, 30 wounded. 

6. Col. W. W. Lowe re-took Clarkcs- 
ville, Tenn., driving oiu ihc reb. garr on. 
^6. The town of Platte, Johiisou C;o.] 
Kansas, was sacked by rebel liuerjilhis] 
under Qiiautrell, and several of the iu- 
habit.mts nuu'dered. 

G. Skirmish near Cacapon Erithe, 17 
miles from \Vinchest(>r,Va. Uni(;n troiips 
under Col. M'Keynolds defeateil Imbo- 
den's rebel cavalry. 

6. Four hundred reb. cav:ilry attacked 
an outpost of Gen. Julius White's troops 
near Martinsbura, Va. Ileb. lo.ss oO pris- 
oners, besides killed and wounded. Fed. 
loss, 2 killed and 10 wouude.l. 

6. Frederick, Md., occupied by Gen. 
Lee's troops. 

6. Three hundred Indians attacked 
Fort Abercrombie, Minn., and were driv- 
en otr with loss. Fed. loss, 1 killed and 
3 wounded. 

6. Washington, N. C, attacked by 
rebs., who were repulsed with a loss of 



■whole of the State militia to repel anjSO killed and_3G taken prisoners. The 
expected invasicm. 

4. Fed. troops, near Fort Ridgely, 
Minn., attacked by Indians, 13 soldiers 
killed and 47 wounded. 

4. The Confed. army crossed the Poto- 



P'ed. gunboat Picket exploded iier mag- 
azine during the engagement, killing and 
wounding 18 men. 

G. Forty of the Fed. 4th Va., Maj. Hall, 
surprised near Chapmansville, Va., by 



mac near Poolesville, Md., and invaded 300 rebs. under Col. Strati on. Maj Hail 
that State. | wounded, and Col. Stration killed, when 

4. Maj. Wheeler with a detachment of Feds, escape with slight loss. 

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Sept.. 6. Pikeville, Va., captured ami] cavalry, who robbed all the stores in the 



Backed by rebel cavalry. 

7. Gen. Banks assigned to command 
fortifications around VVasiiingiou. 

7. Gieat exci-tenienl on the Pa. border 
towns by the intlu.x of retngees from 
Maryland, and the dread of reb. invasion. 

7. Sliephcrilsville, K}'., captured, and 
85 Fed. soldiers taken pi'isoners. 

8. Gens. Lee and Johnson issued pro- 
clamations to the people of Mil., endeav- 
oring U) incite them to rebellion. The 
iuliabitants received them coldly. 

8. Skirmisli near Poolesvilie, .Md. Maj. 
Chapman, with <k\ Ind. and 8lh 111. cav- 
alry, defeated rebels, who lost 7 killed. 
Federal loss 1 killed 8 wounded. 

8. Fight on the Miss, river, 25 miles 
above N. Orleans. 25lh Ind. dispersed 
500 Texans, with slight loss. 

9. Schr. Rambler captured by U. S. 
steamer Connecticut, in lat. 28*^, long. 
94° 10'. 

9. Skirmish 5 miles N. of Pleasant 
Hill, jVIo. Col. Burris deteal(;d Quan 
trell's reb. troops, with slight loss, captur- 
ing m.'isl of their plunder and stores, 

9. MidiUetown, Md., occupied by rebs. 

9. Skirmish at Williamsburg, Va 
Rebs. under Col. Shingles surprise 5th 
Pa. cavalry, Col. Camp[)ell, and capture 
the town. Col. Cam])bell, 5 captains, 4 
lieutenants, and a few privates taken 
prisoners. Col. Shingles and 8 rebs. 
killed. 

9. Gen. Stuart's reb. cavalry repulsed 
in an attempt to cross the Potomac at 
Edward's Ferry, with a loss of 90 men, 
bj"^ Gen. Kcyes. 

9. Gen. (). M. Mitchell appointed to 
oomm.tnd the Department of the South, 
relieving Gen. llimter. 

9. Tlie FL'd. garrison at Fayette C. H., 
\a.., surrounded bj' a large rebel force. 
They cut their way out, losing 100 in 
killed and wounded. 

10. Col. Grierson with 300 men de- 
feated rebs. near C'oldwater, Miss. Reb. 
loss, 4 kilU'd and 30 wounded. 

10. The ;J4th and 37lh Ohio Col. Siber, 
were defeated at Fayette, Va., by 5,000 
rebs. under I 'Cn Loring. Fed. loss over 

^00 in killed and wouiidcnl. 

^ 10. (Jih U. S. cavalry, under Captain 
Sa\niders, defeated at Sugar Loaf Moun- 
tain, near Barnesville, Md., with slight 
loss. 

11. Hagerstown, Md., occupied by rebs. 
who seized 1200 bbls. of flour. 



place. 

11. Fed. forces under Col. I.ightbura 
i-etreated fiom Gauley, Va., aftei destroy- 
ing government stores. 

11. Keb. troops under E. K. Smith, 
advanced within 7 miles of Cincinnati, 
O., and skirmished with the Fed. pickets. 

11. Bloomtield, Mo., defended by 1,500 
Stale militia, captured by rebs. after a 
light of 2 hours. 

12. The reb. army retreated from be- 
fore Cincinnati, pursued by Gen. Wallace 
as far as Florence, Ky. 

12; Gen. McClellan's army entered 
Frederick, Md. 

12. Fight on the Elk river, near Charles- 
ton, Va., by Feds, under Col. Lightbura, 
and a reb. force, without result. 

12. Ca|)t. Harry Gilmore, and 7 other 
rebs. arrested near Baltimore, Md., and 
sent to Fort Mcllenry. 

12. Frankfort, Ky., occupied by rebel 
cavalrv, under Gc'u. E. K. Smith. 

12. Fight at Middletown, .Md. Fed. 
loss, 80 killed and wounded. 

18. 500 rebs. under Col. Porter, re- 
leased 40 reb. priscmers at Palmyra, Mo. 

14. A fort at Bacon creek, Kv., with 
30 men of the 54th Ind., captured by 
rebs. under Col. J. J. Morrison. 

14. Bailie of South Mountain, Md. 
Fed. troops' under Gens. Hooker and 
Reno, defei'.ted Lee's army. Fed. los3 
443 killed, 1,80G wounded and 7'i missing. 
Gen. Reno killed. 

14. Fight at Munfordsville, Ky. 17tU 
Ind., Cot Wilder, ilefeated rebs., under 
Gen. Duncan, with severe loss. 

14. 2,000 Fed. cavalry, cut iheir way 
out of Harper's Ferry, Va., which was 
besiegx'd by rebs., and captured Gen. 
Loiigstrect's train and 100 |)risoner.s. 

15. Surreniler of llarpei-"s Ferry, Va., 
with a large siip])!)- of military stores, 
and 11,000 men lo the rebs. after 3 days' 
siege. Col. Miles, the Fed. commander, 
killed. 

15. Col. M'Neill defeated reb. guerrillas 
under Col. Porter, near Slielburne, .Mo., 
taking 20 wagons and other spoils, with 

ght loss. 

15. Fight at Green river, Ky., on the 
line of llie Louisville and Nashville rail- 
road. Rebs. defeated. 

16. Capture of the Fed. garrison at 
MunfordsvilU;, Ky., under Col. Dunham, 
4,000 strong, with 10 pieces of artillery, 
bv rebs. under Gen. Bragg. 50 Feda 



11. The Gov. of Pa. called for 50,000 kilknl and wounded, 
men to repel rebel invasion. 17. Fight near Durhannille, Tenn. 

11. Weslmiu8icr,Md., occupied by reb. 1 150 of 52nd Ind., Lt. R. Griliiu, defeated 

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rebs. under Lient.-Col. Faulkner. Reb.l 21. Citizens of San Francisco, Cal. coii- 
loss, 8 killed and 20 wounded. Fed. loss, tribnted §100,000 in gold to the U. S. 
2 killed uid 10 wound'd. [Sanitary Conimis.^ion. 

17. Fi.rlit at FahuoiUli, on Ivcntuckyj 21. Rebs. del'caled at Sliepherdsville, 
Central 11. R. Col. Berry with 10 men j Ivy., by Feds, under Col. Granj;er. liob.' 
dcleil.'d a l,iri;;er force of Texan ran;;-iTs,|los.-, 5 killed and 28 i)risoners. 
of whom 2 W'Te killed, 4 wounded and 1 23. Skirmish near Sturgeon, Mo. Rebs. 



prisoner. 1 Fed. wounded. 

17. Ship Viririnia, of Mass., burned by 
Alabama, (^apt. Senimes. 

17. S^irnlish near Florence, Ky. 5IJ 
of 10; h Ky. cavalry, Mij. F.)ley, defeated 
1 )J rebs,, who lost 5 killed and 7 wounded. 
Fed. loss, 1 killed and 1 wounded. 

17. Bitlle of Antielam, Md. The en- 
t're Fed. army of Gen. McCiellan, and 
reb. aruiy of (ien. L(!e engaged. Defeat 
of rebs. with loss of 15.000 men. Fed. 
loss, 12.530. 

17. Fight at Leesburg, Va. The Tra 
H irris cavalry, Col. Kilpatrick, defeated 
a reb. infantry regiment, capturing sev- 
eral guns and a number of prisoners. 

17. Tlie U. S. giuib;)ats Paul Jones, 
Cimeroue, and 3 other ves.sels attacked 
reb. batteries on St. John's river, Florida. 

17. Cumberland Gap, Teun., evacuated 
by Gen. .Morgan's Fed. troops. 

18. Ship Ij^lisha Dunbar, of Mass., 
burned by the Alabama. 

18. Rebs. evacuated Harper's Ferrv, 
Va. 

19. Gen. Lee's army crossed the Poto- 
mac river to Va., pursued by Gen. Plea- 
santon's cavalry. 

19-30. Battle of luka, Miss. 
Rosecrans' army defeated rebs., who losi 
2JJ killed, 400 wounded, and GOO pris- 
oners. Fed. loss, 135 killed, and 527 
woundi'd. 

19-20. Skirmishes at Owensboro', Ky. 
Fed. Col. Netter killed IsL lud. cavalry, 
Lieut-C )1. Wood, routed rebs. with severe 
loss. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 18 wounded. 

20. Fight near Shirley's Ford, Spring 
river, Mo. 3rd Ind., Col. Ritchie, de- 
feated 000 rebs. and Indians, who lost GO 
or 70 ki.lel and wounded. 

21. Col. Barnes, with a Fed. cavalry 
briga le, defe.ited in an attempt to cross 
the Potomac froni Md., losing 150 men, 
in killed, wounded and prisoners. 

21. T.ie town of Prentiss, Miss., bunud 
by Col. Lippincott of the ram (^ leen of 
the West, in retaliaticm for reb. batteries 
the e fi'" ug oii transports. 

21. Skirmish at Munfordsville, K}'. 
Reb. cavalry defeated with loss by Feds. 
under Col. E. McCook. 

21.' 



under Capt, Cuiininghaiu dcTeated by 
.Maj. lliiiil's force. 

22. Fight at .Vshby's Gap, Va. Col R. 
B. Price witli 2d Pa. cavalry, defeated 
rebs. under Lieut-Col. Greeii, capturing 
the latter olliccr and 2 lieiits. 

22. Pres. Lincoln proclaimed, that on 
the 1st day of Jan. 18G3 "all slaves in 
States or parts of Slates in rebellion" 
-should be forever free. 

23. Col. Sibley defeated a band of 300 
Siou.x; Indians who attackc^d hisexcimp- 
:nent on Yellcw M 'dicine river, .Minn. 
!0 Indians kilL'd and many wounded. 4 
whites killed and oO wounded. 

23. Fight at Sutton, Va. Maj. Wilher.s, 
with lOih Va., (Ft:d.) driven from S I'lon 
lo Bulltown, af.er a gallant resistance. 

23. A large quantity of Eugiisli aini^ 
•aptured at Reynolds' Ford, Vi., by ti2d 
Pa Col. Switzer. 

23. Randolph, Tenn , on the Miss, river, 
)urned by steamers Ohio Bi'Ue and Eu- 
.;ene, in retaliation for tiring on trans- 
ports from that place. 

24. Proclamation of Pres. Lincoln or- 
dering the enforcement of martial law, 
against all pe-rsons discouraging eiilist- 

General iueuts or giving aid lo the rebellion, and 
suspending the habeas corpus with refer- 
ence to all persons arrestod by luililary 
authority. 

24. The office of the " American Vol- 
unteer," at Carlisle, Pa. was destroyed 
by citizens and soldiers for severe reflec- 
tions on the Government. 

24. \ Convention of Governors from 
14 loyal Slates, and 3 proxies from o! hers 
met at Altoona, Pa , who endorsed the 
Emancipation Proclamation, and advised 
the Pres. to organize a reserve force of 
100,000 men. 

24. Gen. Beauregard appointed to com- 
mand reb. forces in S. C. and Georgia. 

24. Gen. Butler at New Orleans, order- 
ed all Americans in his Dei^artment to 
renew their oath of allegiance to the Gov- 
ernment, and to furnisli returns of their 
real and perstnial property, under pen- 
dty of tine and imprisoument. 

25. Sabine Pass, Texas, captured l)y U. 
S. steamers Kensington, and Henry 



100 reb. troops routed at Cassville, Crocker, and schr. Rachel Seaman 

Mo., by part of 1st Ark. cavalry, Captain I 20. Skirmish near Waneuton Junc- 

Gilstray, who captured 10 reba. It ion, Va. Reb. cavalry defeated by CoL 



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Sept, 1562. 



McCleau's troops, who captured rebel 
commissary stores. 

S:;pt. 26. An imsiiccessfiil attempt to 
capture slcaiiic-r Foicst Q.ieen at Ash- 
port, Temi., by rebs. under Capt. Faulk- 
ner. 

2G. Prentiss, Miss, burned by U. S. 
ram Queen of the W^st, in retalialion for 
liring on that vessel and transports. 

27. S4th Oliio, Col. Toland, attacked 
Col. .Icniiins's reb. cavalry at Biilfalo, on 
the Kanawlia river, Va., but were driven 
©If, after killing 7, capturing 9, and de- 
Hlroying the camp, without loss to them- 
selves. 

27. Home Guards at Augusta, Ky., 
captured l>y rebs. under Basil Duke, alter 
abi'ave resistance, with loss to the enemy. 

27. 91 women and cliildren rescued 
from Indians by Col. Sibley on Cliippe- 
way river, Minn. ; 10 Indians captured. 

28. Reb. steamer Sunbeam captured ' y 
U. S. gunbo.us State of Georgia and Myo- 
tic, i)tt' WiUningioi), N. C. 

28, Skirmish on iilackwatcr river, 25 
miles from Sutlblk,Va. Col. C. C. Dodge, 
■with Fed. cavalry and artillery, defeated 
reb. infantry. 

26. Augusta, Georgia, captured by 600 
reb. cavalry. 

29. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis shot Gen. Wm. 
Nelson, at the Gait House, in Louisville, 
Ky., killing him almost instantly. 

29. A brigade of Fed. cavalry, under 
Lient.-Col. Karge, on a re(;onnoissanee 
from Centrevjlle, Va., to Warrenlon, cap- 
tured and paroled [,i)')0 rebels. 

29. Brig.-(ren. liodman died near Ila 
gersKiwn, Ml., of a wound received ai 
the battle of Antietam. 

29. A spirited cava'ry skirmish neat 
Sharpsburgh, Md. liebs. dispersed, and 
a Bqua<l of iliem cai>tured. 

24). 3G;i disloyal citizens of Carroll Co , 
Jlo.. were assesseil by the Federal au- 
thorities in aid of loyal citizens and sol- 
diers who had been robbetl in that Co. 

;50. Figlit at Newtonia, Mo. A Fed. 
briiiade untler Gen. Salomon, attacked a 
body of rebs. under Col. C'ooper, and 
were defeated by them, losing 50 in killed 
and wouniled, and lOU prisoners. 

30. Reb. bomb-i)roof magazines at 
Lower Shipping IVml, Ya., destroyed by 
Bailors imder Lieut. -Com. M'Graw. 

■60. Fight at liusselvillc, Ky. 17th Ky., 
Col. Harrison, defeated '6')0 rebs., who 
lost 85 killed, and 10 prisoners. 

30. Grayson, Ky., occupied by rebel 
tro(Ji)s. 

30. Salt works at Blufflon, S. C, dc 
slroyed by 48t,h N. Y., Col. Barton 



Oct. 1. The U. S. gunboat fleet on the 
western waters turned over from the 
War Id the Navv Deitartment. 

'.. Fight cm Floyd's Fork, Ky, A Fed, 
brigade under Col. E. N. Kirk, eneoun- 
;ered and overcame a rebel force alter a 
s ight engagement. 

i. Shelbyville, Ky., evacuated by the 
rebels. 

1. Fight near Gallatin, Tenn. IstTenn. 
cavalry, Col. Stokes, defeated rebs. under 
Col. Bennett, who lost 40 killed, many 
wimndeil, and 39 prisoners. 

1. 9 National pickets dispersed some 
rebs. at Newbern, N. C. 

1. Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry engaged 
reb. forces under Gen. Hampton ai .Mar- 
linsburt and at Sheiihertlsiown, Va. Reb, 
loss GO killed and wounded, and 9 pris- 
oners. Fed. loss 12 wounded and 3 pris- 
oners. 

2. Fight near Olive Hill, Ky. Carter 
Co. Home Guards repulsed a jiortion of 
reb. Gen. Morgan's command. Jrlorgan 
retreated to the Licking river, deslroy- 
mg 35 houses <m his route. 

2. Gen. Foster's Union troops accom- 
panied by gunboats, left Wasbington, 
X. C, taking possession of Hamil i>n, 
and driving the rebels towards Tar- 
boro'. 

2. Skirmishing near Mount Washing- 
ion, Ky., on the Banlsiown turnpike, 
l>y Gen. 13uell's army and rebels under 
Gen. E. Kirby Smitli. 

3. Rebel fortitications at St. John's 
Bluff, on St. John's river, Fia., captured 
by 1500 Feds, under Gen. Brannan, as- 
sisted by 7gunb's from Hilton Head, S. C. 

3. Fight on the Blaekwater river, near 
Franklin, Va. 3 Fed. gunboats. Com- 
modore Perry, Huncliback, and Wbite- 
iiead, under Capt. Flusser, engaged a 
il.irge force of rebs. 6 hour.s. Fed. loss 19 
k. and wounded. 

3. 11th Pa. cavalry. Col. Spears, en- 
gaged reb. forces at Franklin, on Black- 
water river, Va. Rebs. retrealid with 
loss of 30 or 40 killed and wounded. 

3-5. A series of battles near Corinth, 
Mi^s.- A reb. army of 38,000 men under 
Price, Van Doru, and Lovell, ■ ttacked 
llosecrans' army, under Gens. Ord, Hurl- 
but, and Veatch. Rebs. ront(;d with 
heavy loss of k. and w., and 1,000 pris. 
Xational loss also heavy. 

4. Richard Howes, inaugurated rebel 
governor of Kentucky, at Frankfort. 

4. A fight near Bai'dstown, Ky. Fed. 
advance guard under Maj. Foster, de- 
feated bv rear-guard of Polk's army. 

4. A company of the 5-ith Pa. captured 



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03t., 1361 



CnRONOLOGT. 



at P:i\v-Paw, on the "nail, and OJiioGci. Smith's troops with ronildcniLle 
railrond, iloss. Union loss, (t killed, 8 wonndcd. 

4. l'\-d, cavalry under Col, M'RfynoIds,! 0. Gi-n. Si-cl'sravalry captured 40 rcba. 
cai>tured a rebel camp near llie abovs'and scveril wai^ons at Aldie, Va. 
place, with 3 jjuns, 10 wagons and GO 9. Tlie monitor Montauk launched at 



horses. 

5. Gen. Price's rebel army, retreat in<i 
from Corinth, iliss., were overliiken by 
Gear. Ord and lliirlbiil at Hie llalcliie 
river, wiiere, after 6 hours' fiuihlin^-, the 



Gree:-iioint, L. I. 

i). The rebel steamer Gov. Milton cap- 
tured on St. John's river, Fhi., by gun- 
boat Dnlinn'inn, 

10. 1,800 feb. cavalr5^ under J. E. R 



rebels broke in dLsord'a-, leaving their|Stuart, crossed the Potomac at Me(Joy'9 
dead and wounded, 400 i)ris(»ners, and 2;Creek, .and ])"nelr ited to Mercersburgand 
biiterie.s. |Cliambirsl);irg, Pa., and alter capturing 

5. S!cirmisli (5 miles north of Glasgow,tand dcvSiroyiiig much i>roperty, made 
Ivy. Feds, under Col. Bruce, rouieil a good their retreat with sligiit loss. 



rebel force, taking a niunber of horses 
and cattle. 

/), J,!C.k-onvi!lo, Fla., occupied by 
Union forci's imd<T Gen. I>r.niii )u. 



10. (ien. Schofield drove the Confed- 
erate forc( s across ti^c Mo, line into Ark. 
10. l.tiOO rel)s. the rear-guard of Bragg's 
rmy, caplui-ed at H irro<lsbur:^, Ky., l)y 



(}. A mob in Blickf>rd Co., I.sd., de- Lieut-C)!. Boyle, with Oih Ky. cavalry. 



stMved the eurolbng papers and tlraft 
boxes. 

{». .\. rebel battery at Cockt-t Point, 
V I., on the Potomac, destroyed by a Fed. 
gunboat. 

G, S vinnish near Cliarles'owii, Va. 6th 
U. S. civ.dry and Robertson's b.iilery 
cu'ra ed a rebel force with sligiit re- 

S'.l;;<, 

G. Fight at Livergne, near Nashville, 
Te m. Gen. P.ilmcr's Union l)riga.le, 
2.r),)J men, wi-re atiacked by reliels under 
Gen. Anderson, who were defe.iled with 
a lo.ss of 10 ki led and woimded. Fed. 
loss, 18 in killed and woundeil. 

T. Lc\ uii' on, Ivy., evacuated by rebels 
\n !i'r E. Kirby Saiith, vvlio retreateil 
towards Cuu\i)crland Gap, 

7. TUe niouilor N.ihant luunciuid at 
Boston. 

7. Svirmish near Sibley's Landing. jMo. 
5'h Mo, cavalry defeated rebels under 
Qi.i mirell and Cbilds, 

7. (ien. M >rgan'i5 Union troops reached 
Frankfort, Kj'. 

7. The bark Wave, and brig Dunkirk, 
were destroyed by the rebel privateer, 
Al d> ima. 

8. Battle at Chaplin Hills, Pcrryville, 
Ivy., by the arnues of Gens. Bucll and 
Ih'agg. lie!)-, reti-eitcd across Chaplin 
river. Fed. loss, ;5,\J00 in killed, wounded 
and niiss nu'. liebel lo-is ftdly as ijjrer.t. 

8. 3o0 Feds, under Major Br.ulford, 17 
governmeut wagons, and a numlter of 
siith-r's wa'Tons, were captured by rebels 
under E. Ivirbj' Smith, near Franktbrt, 
Ivv. 

9. Galve3!r)n, Texas, occupied by Feds, 
under Commander lienshaw. 

9. Skirmish near Laurenceburcf, Ky. 
Ist Ohio, Col. ParnUt, defeated part of 



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10. 100 reb. guerrillas enten-d Ilawe.s- 
viile, I: id., but wen- driven out by the 
Connelton Home Guard. 

11. Skirmidi near Helena, Ark. 4th 
Towa cavalry. Major Recior, defeated 

Texan ringers under Col. Gi I lings, cap- 
turing 9 of them, 'd Feds, killed and 9 
wo;in '.ed. 

11. Shij> ^Tanchester, of N. Y., captured 
and burned by the Alaliama. 

11. 27 rebs. of Col. Imbodcn's com- 
mand, with all their camp equip ige, (;ap- 
iured by ; ) of C'ol. M(dl,'ynolds' cavalry 
17 niilrs from Winchester, Va. 

11. The U. S. gunboat Maratanza lying 
ilf Cape Fear river, N. C, had 2 men 

killed and 5 wounded by a reb. b .ttery. 

11 G;n. Dumont's Fed. troops cap- 
tured o50 reb,s., a wagon train, and 2 
pieces of artillery at Versailles, Ivy. 

12. Skinnishii g on the Potomac river, 
at the mouth of the .Monocacy, near 
White's Ford, by Gen. Pleasantou's cav- 
alry with rebs. under Gen. Stuart. 

12. 29 persons arrestcnl and 2 hung at 
Gainesville, Tex«s, who were accusfal 
of Union sentiments. 

13. More than 100 prisoniu's taken by 
Union troops under Gen. Slahel, in the 
vi;.aiiity of Paris, Snicker's Gap, and 
Lecsb'irg, Va. 

13. 1'he Gth Mo., Col. Cafherwood, re- 
turned to cam]) at Seda ia. .Mo., after a 
successful scout, in which several bands 
of guerrillas were broken up, and 50 of 
them kilieil and wound.ed. 

14. Tiie Eu'^lish propeller Ouachita, 
ca])turetl in the Gulf Strtain by U. S. 
gunboat Memphis. 

14. Skirmish at Stanford, Ky., by scouts 
of Gens Buell's and Bragg's armica. 14 
rebs. captured, and several killed. 



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Oct, 1862 



Oct. 15. The bark LiimplisilUcr, of miles from Nashvillo.Tcnn. Col. Miller'9 
Boston, captured by tlie Alabama. | brigade of Fed. troops routed a force of 

15. Draft inj^ in Boston and Baltimore. Confederate cavalry, and captured a lar-'o 

15. Steamer Hazel Dell captured at store of army supjilies. 
Cascyville, Ky., by rebs. under Cols. An-} 20. 500 cases of yellow fever reported 
der.«m and Johnson. lat Wihninglon, N. C, 30 or 40 dying 

15. Skirmish near Carsville, Va. Part daily. 
of 7lh Pa. cavalry, Lieut. Williams, de- 20. Skirmish on the Auxvois river. Mo. 
feated by rebs., losing several of their Major Woodson, with 10th Mo. militia 



number, 

15. U. S. Steamer Kensington, ]\I;istei 
Crocker, destroyed a railroad bridge and 
burned 3 vessels at Taylor's Bayou, Te.x. 

16. The sloop-of-war 'I'iconderoga was 
launched at lirooklyn, N. Y. 

16. Gen. Humphrey's troops driven 
from Shepherdslowu, Va., by rebs., with 
slight loss. 

16. Skirmish near Charlcsiown, Va 
Gen. Hancock's troops successfully en 
gaged rebs. Union loss, 1 killed and b 
wounded. Keb. loss, 9 wounded and 
taken prisoners. 

17. Tiie F(!d. garrison on the Teun. 
shore, opposite Island No. 10 attacked 
by reb. forces, who were defeatetl with 
ioss. 

17. Morgan's Confed. cavalry dashed 
into Lexington, Ky., and attacked o50 
Fed. cavalrv, under Major Seidel, ;ird O. 
Fed loss, 4"killed, 34 wounded, and 120 
prisoners. 

17. Quantrell's guerrillas entered Shaw- 
nee, Kansas, sacked the town, burned 1;^ 
bouses and killed 4 men. 

17. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. 
Gen. Stahel's troops drove rebs. toward 
Haymarket, and captured 100 prisoners. 

17. The draft resisted in Berkley, Lu- 
zerne CO., Pa. 4 insurgents killed. Re 
Bistance also in Carbomlale, Scranton, 
and other towns in the mining district. 

18. Pickets of the 48rd Ind. dispersed 
by rebs. at Helena, Ark., losing several 
of their number. 

18. 350 of the 4th Ohio cavalry, Capt. 
Robcy, captured at Lexington, Ky., by 
reb. cavalry under Gen. Morgan. 

18. 10 guerrillas were siiot at Palmyra, 
Mo., by order of Gen. McNeill, in retalia- 
tion for the murder of Andrew Allsman, 
an aged Union citizen. 

18. Nine Union pickets were shot on 
the Mississippi, op])osite Helena, Ark. 

18. A lieut. with 20 men and a supply 
train for Gen. Stahel were cainured b\ 
rebs. at Haymarket, and taken to Wai- 
renton, Va. 

19. A train of 82 wagons was captured 
by Morgan's reb. cavalry at Bardstown, 
I^y. 

19. Fight on the Cumberland river 7 



ilispersed rebel guerrillas with slight loss, 
capturing their camp stores and horses. 

20. The 10th Illinois cavalry, Lieut-Col. 
Siuart, ilefeaied 250 reb. cavalry, near 
.Maishtield, ]\Io., taking 27 prisoners. 

21. SKirmishin ;• in Loudon co., Va., 
hy Gen. Geary's Union troops, who took 
7') prisoners. 

21. Skirmish at Woodville.Tenn. 2nd 
Illinois cavalry, Major J. J. Mudd, de- 
I'eated guerrillas under Haywood, captur- 
ing 40 witli their arms, and TOO horses 
and mules. 

21. Fight at Fort Cobb, Indian Terr. 
Loy.il Indians from 6 tribes defeated rel , 
>r the Tougkawa tribe, under Col. Le)!. , 
with great slaugiiter. Col. Leper kille . 

22. Gen. Blunt's army defeated 5,0(0 
'•ebs. at old Fort "Wayne, ]\larysville, N. 
W. Ark., capturing all their arti.lery and 
irans|)ortati()n e(iuipane. 

22. Kebs. under Gen. Hindman driven 
from Huntsville, Ark., by Gen. Scholield, 

22. Battle at Pocotaligo, S. C. Gen. 
Brannon's Fed. trooi)s defeated with a 
loss of 30 killed and 180 \ ounded, by 
rebels under (Jen. Beauregard. 

22. Skirmish near Van Buren, Ark, 
Union cavalry under ?.I:ijor Lazear de- 
feated 450 rebels under Col. Booae, with 
considerable loss. 

22. 30 wagons of the 5th and 9th 111. 
cavalry captured by Texan troops near 
Helena, Ark. 

22. Union pickets defeated in a skir- 
mish near Nashville, Tenn. 

22. Brig Robert Bruce, captured off 
Shallotte inlet, N. C, b}' U. S. gunboat 
Penobscot. 

22. Skirmish near Iledgesville, Va. 
4tli Pa. cavalrv, Capt. Duncan, defeated 
rebels, capturing 19 prisoners. 

23. 200 of the 83d 111., .Major Blott, de- 
feated lebels at Waverly, Tenn. Rebel 
loss, 40 killed and wounded, ami 30 pris- 
oners. Union loss, 1 kilh-il, 5 wounded. 

23. Skirnush near Shelby Depo* 
Tenn. 55th Illinois, Col. Stuart, defeated 
rebels, who lost 8 or 10 men. 

23. 500 Fed. cavalry. Col. E. M'Cook, 
defeated IMoriian's cavalry at Point Lick, 
Big Hill, and Richmond, Ky., taking 33 
wagons and 300 prisoners. 



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CHRONOLOGY. 



23. Ship Lafayette, of Conn., burned by 
the Al;ib;im:i. 

24. A Fc'J. force of 80 was deffiatecl at 
Manassas Junction, Va., losing 17 pris- 
oners. 

24. Skirmish at Grand Prairie, Mn. 
Maj. F. G. White's cavalry defe.itcd ;i 
reb. force, who lost 8 hilled and 2t 
wounded. Fed. loss, S Avounded. 

24. Skirmish ou llie IJlaokwater, neai 



fc-ited reb. guerrillas under Cockerill, 
with a loss of ;J0 killed and wounded. 
Union loss, 8 killed, 10 wounded. 

20. iMaj. Keenan, Hlh Pa. cavalry cap- 
tured 100 rebs. while ou a scout in the 
Shell, uuloah valley, Va. 

20. Ship Alle^luiiiian, of New York, 
)unied ou ihe Uappahaunoek river, Va., 
)V re he Is. 
' ]0. Maj.-Gcn. O. M. Mitchell, Com- 



Sutt'olk, Va. Gen. Perry's troops de-!maiuler of Departmeut of the South, 

feated rebs. who lost 6 men. One Union-Ulied at IJeaiilbit, S. G. 

ist killed. iiO. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap,Va. 

21. Si.ttjen of Gen. Morgan's men cap- 1st N. J. civalry, Col. VVyudham, enga- 
tured by a Federal tbrce at Morganlown, ged a rebel force with slight loss. 
Ky. 81. Tlie town of Franklin, on tho 

■ 24. Steamer Scotia capt'ed o(f Charles- B!ac\ water river, Va., partially destroy- 
ton, S. C, by U. S. bark Ue-tless. ed by Union batteries, a reb. force sta- 

2j. Gen. Buell removed trom the De- lioned there bemu: driven out with lo.ss. 



partinent of Ky., and Gen. liosecrans 
appointed command t. 

21. Part of 4:j(l Ind., on a scout near 
Helena, Ark., 3 of them killed and 2 
wounded by guerrillas in jimbusli. 

27. Sleaiiier Anglia capt'd olfCliarles 
ton, S. C, by U. S. bark Restless and 
steamer Flag. 

27. Skirmish near Payetteville, Ark. 
Gen. Ilerrou's Fed. troops defeated guer- 
rillas, killing 8, and capturing their 
wagons. 

27. Skirmish at Putnam's Ferry, Mo. 
23d Iowa, Col. Lewis, defeated a large 
force of rebs., who lost several kiiL'd 
and 40 prisoners. 

27. Fight near Donaldsonville, La. 
Gen. Weitzel's troops defeated rebs., who 
lost 6 killed, 15 wounded and 208 prison- 
ers. Fed. loss, 18 killed, 74 wounded. 

87. Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry drove 
the rebs. from Snicker's Gap. Va. 

28. Capt. Partridge's Fed. pickets were 
captured near Pensacola, Fla. 

28. The steamer Caroline captured off 
Mobile, Aia., by U. S. steamer Mont- 
gomery. 

28. Gen. Herron, with 1,000 men at- 
tacked' a Confederate camp near Pa- 
yetteville, Ark.,under Col. Craven, routing 
them with a loss of 8 killed and their 
camp ecjiiipage. 

28. A company of reb. cavalry captur- 
ed near Cotton Creek, Fla., by Union 
troop.'j. 

28. The bark Lauretta, of N. Y., cap- 
tured and burned by the Alabama. 

29. Skirmish 5 miles from Petcrsburir, 



ol. Tiie Wilmington, N. C. saltworks 
destroyed by Capt. Gushing, gunboat 
Ellis. ^ 

ITov. 1. ThcU. S. steamer Northerner, 
and g'lnbdat Slates of the North, with a 
>letaehment of 8d N. Y. cavalry and 2 
pieces of Allen's artillery, under Maj. Gar- 
itinl, captured 2 rebel schoonei-s on 
Pungo Creek, N. C. Disembarking at 
.Montgomery, the troops marched to Ger- 
mantown, Swanquarter, and Mi'.ldle- 
town, capturng in those places 25 pris- 
oners and VoO horses and mules. 

1. The town of Lavacca, on Mata- 
gorda 13ay, Te.xas, bombarded by U. S. 
gunboats Clillon and Westtield. 

1. Sicirmish.at Franklin, Va. Gen. 
Wesseil's brigade, 11th Pa. cavalry, and 
other troops, drove the rebels from the 
town with some loss. 

2. S'drmishes near Phiiomont, Va. by 
Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry with Stuart's 
rebel forces. 

2. S.iicker's Gap. Va. occupied by Gen. 
Hancock's troops after a slight skirmish 
with the enemy. 

2. Col. Dewey's troops returned to 
Patterson, Wayne Co., Mo., from an e.vpe- 
dition to Pittinan's ferry. Currant river, 
where they captured 13 rebels. 

2. A skirmish near Williamstown, N. 
C. between part of the 20th N. C. rebels 
under Col. Burgwyn, and some Federal 
troops. 

2. Col. Lee, of Hamilton's National cav- 
aliy, returned to (irand Junction, Miss, 
ifter a lliree days' expedition towards 
Kipley and 10 miles south, having cap- 



Va. Lieut.-Coi. Quirk routed a detacli-|lured'G5 of the enemy with slight Resist 

nient of Stuart's reb. cavalry, capiurina' ance. 

16 men and 200 cattle. 2. The ship Levi Starbuck captured 

29. Fight near Butler, Bates Co., Mo. and burned by the Alabama. 
1st Kansas (colored). Col. Seaman, de-l 3. A tight in Bayou Teche, La., 5 Union 



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Nov., 1062 



gunboats engaged a large rebel force and J. H. Morgan's forces, caiituring 23 
llie gunboat Cotton. The rebels re- Union loss 5 killed, I'J woiindi-il. 
treated after burning 75 cars and engines.j 5. Gen. ^IcClellan relievid IVum coin- 
and 1000 hogsheads of sugar. Fed. loss mand of the Army r)f the Piuonuic, and 
about 14 killed and wounded. Gen. Burnside appointed his suecc-sor. 



Nov. 3. lanipa, Fia. was bombarded 
by the Union forces. 
3. 300 rebs. un ler Quantrell attacked 



U. ^V^u•^enl()n, V'a., c.ipuuvd by ticn. 
Reynolds, who look 7 Ci>nied. ]n■i^oners. 
G. Fi.^ht at Pi.ceion, Ky. Col. Dills 



a wagon train of 13 w.igons, escorted by routed Confedcriies, cai)iuring 80, and 
22 of ihe Glh Mo. cavalry, Lieut. Nesv by, scouring IJO nuiskels, 40 horses, wiigo:is, 
near ilarrisonville, Mo., killing 8 of iliej&c. 

escort, wounding 4 and taking o prisoners, G. Skirmish near Lcalherwood, Ky. 
and burning the wagons. 'Ihe rel)ei!Ca]n. Powell's Fed. c<inii)aiiy ronli'd 
troops were shortly after overtaken by [guerrillas, who fled, leaving G of tin ir 
the olh and Gih Mo. cavalry and defeated number dead, and their capiain nioMally 



with severe loss 

The steamer Darlington, with col'd 



wounded. 
7. At Beaver Creek, JIo., Capt. Ear- 



troops under C ^1. O. T. Beard, proceedeil slow's comi)any of 10. h 111. cavalry, and 

defended 



up Bell river, Fla., lo Coofjcr's, where 
they desti-oyed the .salt works, and all 
stores tlrat could not be carried olf. From 
thence they went up Joll^' river, destroy- 
ing salt works, witli a large amount of 
corn and salt. 

3. Skirmish near New B.dtimore, Va. 
Capt. Flint, with pickets fiom 1st Vt. 
cavalry, defeated a reb. parly. 

3. Piedmont, Va., occupied by Union 
cavalry under Pleasauion and Averill. 

3. Fight in Webster Co., Ky. Col. Fos- 
ter captured 3 lieutenants, 22 men, 40 
horses, &c. 

3. lloratio Seymour elected Governor 
of New York. 

4. 3 Union pickets captured near Boli- 
var Heights, Va. 

4. La Grange, Miss, odcupied by Gen. 
Grant's forces. 

4. Bark Sophia captured off N. C. coast 
by U. S. steamers Daylight and Mount 
Vernon. 

4. The U. S. steamer Darlington, with 
Col. O. T. Beard's colored troops destroy- 
ed rebel salt works at King's Bay, Ga., 
after slight skirmishing with the enemy. 

5. Skirmish at Lamar, Mo. 80 State 
militia driven from the place by Quan- 
trell's rebel troop. 

5. Skirmish at Barber's Cross-lloads, 



2 militia CiJinpanies, defended a block 
house for o houi's against a superior force, 
when he surreiideieu. 

7. Expedition up the Sapelo river, Ga., 
by U. S. steamers Poiomska and Dar- 
lingMm, and 4«lh N. Y., Col. O. T. Be;.rJ. 
A valuable salt work destroyeil, and a 
number of rebs. and slaves captureil. 

7. Skirmish at Lamar, ilo. Slate 
militia successfully resist an attack from 
Quant rell's band. 

7. 300 Indians, who wore engaged in 
the m issacies in Minnesota, were sen- 
tenced to be hung — most uf w liom were 
afterwanls pard<;ned. 

8. SAirmisli at Kaiipaliannock bridge, 
Va. Gen. B.iyard's troops captured 13 
of Longsi reel's rebels. 

8. Skirmish at Ihulsonville, ^liss. 7lh 
Kansas, Col. Lee, defeated rebels, who 
k>st 1() killed, and 175 captured. 

8. Ship T. B. Wales burned by the Al- 
abama. 

8. Skirmish near Marianna, Ark. Part 
of 3d and 4ih Iowa cavalry, Capt M. L. 
Perkins, dele ited n bels, who lust 5 killed 
and several wounded. 1 Fed. wounded. 

0. Skirmish at Fredericksburg, Va. 
Capt. Dahlgien's troops drove off a Coa- 
led, party, after a sharp skirmish, captur- 
ing 39 prisoners and stores. 

•J. Gen. Kelley's Fed. cava'ry defeated 



Va. Gen. Pleasanlon's cavalry defeated 

a detachment of Gen. Stuart's reb. troops. I Imboden's troops 18 miles S.W. of Moore 

5. JIaj. llollovvay's Federal cavalry de-itield, Va. 
feated a parly of guerrillas under Col. D St. Mary's, Fla., burned by U. S. 
Fowler, beuveen Henderson and Bowling ijunboat Mohawk, in retaliation for the 
Green, Ky. Reb. loss 8 killed, including treachery of the inhabitants. 



the commander, besides a large number 
of wounded prisoners. 

5. Skirmish at New Baltimore, Va. 
Col. ^Yyndham's Fed. cavalry defeated 
rebels. 

5. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn. 
Gen. Neglcy'd Fed. troops defeated Gen 



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9. Skirmish in l^erry Co., Ky., on the 
Kentucky river. Capts. Morgan and 
Everso I's troops defeated guerrillas. 

10. Lieut. Ash, 2il U. S. "dragoons, de- 
feated jiarl of 5th Va. cavalry, 10 miles 
sou'h of Warii-nion, Va. 

10. Capt. G. W. Gilmorc captured two 



Nov., 1B62. 



CHEONOLOOY. 



wagons and several rebels near "Williams- 
burg, Greenbrier Co., Va. 

11. Skirmish near lluntsvilie, Tenn. 
Capt. Duncan's Home Guards routed 
small band of rebs. wlio lost G killed and 
several wounded. 

11. A liglit near Lebanon, Tenn. 
National cavalry under Capt.s. Ivennell 
and Wolford defeated Morgan's men. 
who lost 7 killed and 'i'i~) i)risoners. 

11. National piekels driven iu witl) 
slight loss at Newbern, N. C. 

il. 134 prisoners taken and 16 rebs. 
killed by Col. Lee's Kansas cavalry neai 
La Graiiu;e, Tenn. 



11. Gen. Kausom defeated CoufederateiFredericksburir, Viu 



19. James A Scddons appointed reb. 
Scc.-of.War, in place of G. \V. Uand(jlph, 
resigned. 

is). The 1st Gen. Council of the Epia. 
Church iu the reb. Slates met at Auixusta. 
Ga. 

20. Col. Carlin's expedition returned 
o Nashville, Tenn., trom Clarksville, 
laving captured 4.j rebs., 40 horses, &c. 

20. Fed. pickets suri)risi'd at Bull Kuii 
)ridge, Va., and '6 captured. 

20. Wancnum and Leesburg, Va., oc- 
i;u|)ied by reb. cavalry. 

21. Gen. Sumner, <ommanding right 
wing of army of the Potomac, iu front of 



forces near Garretsburg, Ky. 

12. Gen. Hooker appointed to relieve 
Gen. Fitz-Jolin Porter iu command of 
the 5lli Ami}' Corps. 

12. Cavalry engagement near Lamar, 
Miss. Detachments of 2nd 111. and 27lli 
Kansas, Maj. J. J. Mudd, routed a force 
of rebs. with severe loss. 

13. Slight skirmish at Holly Springs, 
Miss. Col. Lee's cavalry killed 4 rebs. 
and captured severaL 

13. Expedition to the Doboy river. 



21. Skirmish at liiyou Bontouca, near 
Fort Pike, La. Capl. Darling's company 
of :Jlst Alass. defeatetl rebs. under Capt, 
b]vans, who lost 4 killed and several 
wounded. Union loss 1 wounded. 

22. All political Slate prisoners held 
by military authority in the U. S. re- 
leased by order of the Sec. of War. 

22. Part of 1st N. Y. cavalry, Capt. 
ilarkins, defeate.l rebs. near Winchester, 
Va., who lost 4 men and 30 horses. 

An expedition into Matthew Co., 



Ga., by U. S. steamers Ben Deford andiVa., by steamer ^Mahaska, Capt. F. A. 
Darlington, with Col. Beard's colored Parker, with land forces under Gen 



troops, wl\o seized a large quantity of reb. 
property. 

13. A reb. camp near Calhoun, Green 
river, Ky. w;us surprised by C!ol. Shanks, 
with 400 men, who captured their arms 
and camp ecpiipage. 

15. Fight near Fayetteville, Va., by 
Fed. troops under Gen. Sturgis and a 
large body of rebs., who were delcat<.'d. 

1(). The remaining corps of the anny 



of the Potomac, excepting the ."ith audi VVinchester, Va. 



Naglce, destroyetl 12 salt works, and 20 
or 30 vessels and other reb. properly. 

22. Skirmish near Haliiown, Va., by 
Gen. Geary's troops. 

23. Lieut. Cushing, U. S. steamer Ellis, 
captured 2 sclirs. on New river, N. C, 
but lost his own ves.sel on the shoals in 
returning. 

24. A reb. picket of 12 men captured 
' y Gen. Kel ley's cavalry 4 miles from 



Gen. Pleasanlon's cavalry, iei't Warren 
ton, and proceeded towards Fredericks- 
burg. 

17. Pickets of the 104th Pa. surprised 
at Gloucester Point, Pa. and 1 killed, 3 
wounded, and 2 captured. 

18. Skirmish at Rural Hills, Tenn 
Col. Hawkins' troops defeated reb. cav- 
alry, who left 10 of their number deatl 
on the field. 

18. At Cove Creek, near Kinston, N. 
C. Lieut.-Col. Mix with part of 3d N. Y. 
cavalry and AUis's artillery, delL-ated the 
10th N. C. infantry and some of the 2il 
N. C. cavalry, who retreated with the 
loss of arms and ecpiiinnents. 

18. Falmouth, Va. occupied by Gen. 
Sumner's Fed. troops. 

18. The English schooners Ariel and 
Ann Marie captured off Little Run, S. C. 
by U. S. gunboat j\Iouticello. 



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24. A Fed. supjily-train of 47 wagons, 
escorted by 50 3d Mo. cavalry, was at- 
tacked by rebs. about 30 miles south of 
Lebanon, Texas Co., Mo. 5 of (he es- 
cort were killed and 20 wagons captured. 

25. The U. S. gunbo.il Le.vingion, J. 
W. Shirk, attacked 20 miles below He- 
lena. Ark. The enemy were repelled, 
leaving several of tlieir number killed. 
Capt. Shirk landed a party of sailors, 
who carried off 20 negroes and 10 bales 
of cotton. 

25. A slight skirmish at Zuni, on the 
i'lackwater river, Va., by mounted ritles 
under Col. Dodge, and a reb. force. 

25. A company of F^-d. troops cap- 
tured at Henderson, Tenn., by reb. cav- 
alry. 

25. In Crawford Co., Mo., a company 
of reb. giierrl las carried olF horses, fire- 
irms, clothing, &c., from farmers, lie- 



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Nov., isea 



tnrning, near Huzza river, Iron Co., they 1. Skirmish near ITorse Creek, Dide 
were overluken by Cipt. N. B. Keeve's Co., Mo. 3l;ij. Kell -y's 4th Mo. cavahy 
company, uiio killed 2 ol" iheir party and routed a band of rebs., caplurini; 5. 
recovered ibe phmder. [ 1. Skiimisli near Cliarlesiown.Va. Gen. 

Nov. Z5. Col. PaMon's lo3'al Va. cav- Slociun's Fed. troops defeated rebel cav- 
alry captured 118 pri.'^oiiers, oUO stand of airy under White and liendersoii, killing 
arms, 100 horses, and oilier properly, o, and wounding 18. 
near Sinking Creek, \V. Va. I 1. At Franklin, Va., Gen. Peck recap- 

2(). Fighi at Cold Knob Mountaiu,VaJtured the Pittsburg battery, taken from 



2d Va. cavalry, Col. J. C. Paxton, de 
featud reb. troops, of whom over 100 
•were taken prisoners. 

2o. 23 guerrillas, under Evan Dorsey, 
crossed the Potoniac, and robbed the 
stores and stables in Uri)anna, 7 miles 
above Fiederic, J\Id. killing a man named 
Harris. 

2G. 7th III. cavalry attacked rebs. 
near Summervilie, Miss., and captured 
28 of their number. 

27. Indiana trooi>s, under Cols. Hiu'd 
and Dodg', deiciled rebels near La 
Vergne, i'enn., several of whom were 
killed. jSational loss 10 wounded. 

28. Gen. liluiit defeated Gen. Manna- 
duke's Con fed 'rale forces en route for 
Missouri, at Kane Hill, Ark. The battle 
ragi.'d over 12 miles. Tue rebels re- 
treated to Van Buren, Ark. 

28. At Hart wood Church, 15 miles 
from F.il mouth, Va., 2 squadrons of 3d 
Pa. cavalry. Gen. AveriU s brigade, cap- 
turetl by ;lic enemy, after a brief resist- 
ance, in wiiich they lost 4 killed and iJ 
wounded. 

28. A large Fed. expedition, nnrler 
Gen. A. P. Hovoy, left Helena, Ark., and 
arrived at Delta, Miss., cutting the Tenn. 
and Mississipjn raiiroad, and destroying 
2 engines and 30 cars. Gen. Wash- 
burne's cavalry encountered the rear ol 
Price's reoel army, and captured 50 
men, near the Big Ulack river. 

21). The U S. steamer Star was burned 
by rebs. 2 miles below Plaqeumine, La. 

29. Gen. Slahl, with oOO cavalry, at 
tacked relis. at Snicker's Gap,Va., killing 
45, capturing 40. 

30. A siiirmish near Abbeville, Miss., 
by Col. Lee's troo[)s with a relud lor e. 

30. Tiie scho mrr Levi R )We ca ttured 



the Fed. forces on the Peninsula. 

2. A tight near Franklin, Va. 11th 
Pa. cavalry. Col. Spear, with artillery 
supports, defeated reb. cavalry with se- 
vere loss. 

2. Lieut. Hoffman and 6 men of 1st N. 
•I. cavalry, captured while on picket duty 
3 miles from Dumfries, Va. 

2. Two companies of 8ih Pa. cavalry, 
Capt. Wilson, defeated with severe loss 
at lv.ing George Court House, Va. , 

2. Part of Gen. Banks' expedition to 
New Orleans sailed from New Yor.c. 

2. Gen. Geary defeated rebels near 
Charleslown, Va., killing and wounding 
70, and capturing 145. 

3. Princeton, Ky.,occupi(!d by Federal 
troops, 91st Ind. and loth Ky., under 
.Maj. A. P. Henry, who captured a num- 
oer of rebels. 

3. Skirmishes near Oxford, l^Iiss. 
Hatch's brigade captured 92 n bs. 
loss in killeil and wounded, 20. 

4. Skirmish near Tuscunibia, 
flebs. abandoned their camps, losing 70 
.nen prisoners, and their horses. 

4. Winchester, Va., occupied b}'' Gen. 
Geary's roops, the rebel garrison leav- 
ing on his approach. 

4. A sharp light at Watervalloy, Miss. 
Col. Hatch and Lee's Fed. briga les de- 
I'eited a reliel force, capturing 300 men 
iiid 50 horses. 

5. Fed. cavalry under Cols. Dickey and 
Lee deieated by rebel infmlry after two 
lours' tight. Union loss, 100 killed, 
vvouiided, and missing. 

5. The 30th Iowa and 29th Wis. at- 
tacked by rebs. at Helena, Ark., whom 
they rci)ulsed, killing 8, and capturing 30. 

G. Tue schr. .M-dora, with rebel army 
itores, was captured at Haek'tt's Point 



Col. 
Fed. 

Ala. 



off N. Carolina by U. S. slej,mer Mount LMd., by Capt. Kearney's company. 



Veruitn. 

30. The bark Parker Cook destroyed 
by reb. steamer Alabama in the Mona 
Passage. 

D3C. 1. U. S. Congress convened at 
Washington. 

1. Coi. Lee's cavalry took possession 
of rebel forts on the Tallahatchie river. 
He al-o captured a battery of guns on 
the uonh side of the river. 



G. A forage train, in charge of 93d 
Ohio, Col. Andei-son, was attacked by 
rebs near Lebanon, Tenn., who were 
driven olF. 

G. Gen. Banks' expedition sailed from 
New York to New Orleans. 

7. U. S. mail steamer Ariel captured 
off Cuba by rebel steamer .Mabaiua, but 
released on bond for $228,0 0. 

7. Gens. Blunt and Heiron defeated 



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CHRONOLOGY. 



15,000 rebels vmder Gons. Hindman, 
M innacluke. Parsons, and Frost, at Prai- 
rie Grove, N.W. Arlc. F^-d-ral loss, 495 
kiilfd; aOO wounded. Confed. loss, 1,500 
killed and wounded. 

7. The lOiJtli and 108th Ohio, and 104th 
111., untler Col. A. B. Moore, were attack- 
ed by a rebel force under Gen. .). H. Mor- 
gan, at Harlsville, Tenn. After a tiu,hl 
iu which 55 of the Feds, were killed, and 
over 100 wounded, the entire force sur 



army under Gen. Burn.<;ide. It consisted 
of three grand divisions \cx\ by bens. 
Sumner, Hooker and Franklin. The 
Fed. army was repulsed, losing 1,512 
killed, 6,009 wounded, and 4(J0 prisoners. 
The rebels lost 1,800 men. 

13. Jeff. Davis levitnved the reb. forces 
under Bragi>' at Murfreesboro'. 

IS. Two regiments of Union infantry 
xnd one of cavalry surprised a rebel 
Ibrcc at Tuscmnbia, Ala., comp!t:tely 



rendered to the rebels, who lost about routing them and capturing TO pnsoner> 
the s.ime nun\ber in killed and wounded i their horses and baggage. Federal loss, 

7. GO of the 8th Pa. cavalry defeatetl 4 killed, 11 wounded, 
at King George's C. II., Va. Loss 20. | 13. Gov. Johnson, of Tenn., assessed 

9. A body of reoels attacked a forage 'disloyal citizens of Nashville in various 
train, under escort, near LaVergne, Tenn. :inu)unts to be paid in 5 monthly instal- 
but were repulsed with considerable loss, luents, in behalf of widows and orphans 

9. U. S. steamer Lake City was burn-! of that city who had been reduc^'d to 
ed by rebels at Concordia, Ark. In relal- want iu consequence of their husbands 



iation, the steamer De Soto went to Con 
cordia, and l>urn(,'d 42 houses. 

9. Skirmish near Brentville, Tenn. 
Federals under Col. John A. Martin, de- 
feated a rebel force. 

10. Congress passed a bill admitting 
to the Union the State of Western Va. 

10. Plymouth, N. C, captured and 
burned by the Confederates. 

11. The U. S. gunboat Cairo sunk in 
the Yazoo river by a torpedo. The crew 
saved. 

11. The city of Fredericksburg, Va., 
bombarded and occupied by Fed. troops. 

12. Skirmish near Ct>rinth, Miss. 52d 
111., Col. Sweeney, euii-aged a rebel force- 
led by Col. Roddy. K ;bel loss, 11 killed, 
30 wounded ; Union loss, 1 killed, and 2 
prisoners. 

12. 1,750 paroled Union prisoners, who 
had l)een captured by Gen. Morgan, ar- 
rived at Nashville. 

12. Artillery skirmish by Gen. Terry's 
Federal troops, near Zuni, on the Black- 
water river, Va. 

12. At Dumfries, Va., 3." National pick- 
ets and sutlers were captured by Gen. 
Stuart's cavalry. 

12. Gen. Fos'cjr engaged and defeated 
Confederates near Kingston, N. C, cap- 
turing 400 prisoners, 13 pieces of artil- 
lery, &c. 

12. Rebel salt works at Yellville, Ark., 
destroyed by Federal troops under Capt. 
M. Birch. 

12. Rjbs. attacked at Franklin, Tenn., 
by cavalry under Gen. D. S. Stanley, who 
drove the n from ihe town, and lestroyed 
mills and other properly. Ri;b. loss, 5 
killed, 10 woundi'd. One Fed. killed. 

13. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. The 
reb. works were attacked by the National 



ml fathers being forced into the rebel 
armies. 

13. Skirmish at South-west Creek, N. 
0. Gen. Foster's troops routed rebels, 
who lost a number of prisoners and 
guns. 

13. Unsuccessful attack on reb. works 
on the river at Kinston, N. C, by small 
boats under Capt. Murray. 

14. Two huiulred Fi;"ds. under Capt. 
Thornberry, of 30ih Ky., were defeated 
by 800 rebels at Wireman's Shoals, 5 
niiles below Preslonsburg, Ky. Rebs. 
captured 70D muskets, as many uniforms, 
and 40,000 rounds of cartridges. 

14. The I'rue Presbyterian and the 
Biptid Recorder, oi homiiVxWc, Ky., were 
suppressed, and the editor oiihalieMrder 
sent to prison. 

14. Colt'eeville, Miss., occupied by Fed. 
forces under Cols. Mizuer and Lee. 

14. Gen. Foster's troops engaged and 
ilefeated the Confeds. near Kiugs.on, N. 
C, capturing 400 pi'isoners, 13 pieces of 
artillery, &c. Reb. loss, 71 killed, 2o3 
wounded. Fed. loss, 90 killed, 47.-5 w. 

14. A Confed. cavalry force crossed 
the Potomac at Poolesville, Md., and 
captured 13 Fed. soldiers of the Scott 
cavalry, killing or wounding about 20 
more. 

14. Gen. Banks' expedition arrived at 
New Orleans. 

14. x\. picket guard of 24 men of the 
0th Mo., were captured by rebs. at. He- 
lena, Ark. 

14. Slight skirmish at Wood.sonville, 
Tenn. 

14. A wagon train laden with provis- 
ions and clothing for Fed. troops at Ring- 
gold Barracks, Te."cas, on its way from 
Fort Brown, under escort, was attacked 



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Dec, 1862 



by Mexicans and cnpturc.l, and the cscori. 
kilL'd, excopting one ni.in. 

Di3C. 15. Gen. llovx-y's cxpcdUlon re- 
turned to Ilc'lcna, Ark. 

15. Gen. Butler superseded in coin- 
in:ind of ilie Department of the Gu.f by 
Gen. Banks. 

10. Kebs. under Gen. Evans defeated 
in an aitillery duel on llie b inks of tlie 
river Neuse, near Wlutehall, N. C, by 
Gen. Foster's troops. 

10. Three hundred Ga., Texas and K}'. 
cavalry captured near New Haven, Ky., 
by ii (letachuient of Waiford's cavalry, 
under Capt. Adams. 

10. The army of the Potomac with- 
drawn lo the north side of the Ilipp.i- 
bannock. from Fredericksburir, V'a. 

17. Baton II )uge, La., occupied by 
Fed. troops under Gen. Grover. 

17. Fi.L^iit at Goldsboro', N.C. Gen.Fos- 
ter's troop.'i destroyed a valuable bridge, 
and defe.itcnl rebels under Gen. Evan.s. 

18. Lexington, Ky., occupied by reb.s. 
under Gen. Forrest, afier ilefealing the 



20. Gen. W. T. Sh'^rman's expedition- 
ary army again-t Vicksburg embarked 
at Meinphis, Tenn., in over lOD trans- 
ports. 

21. Gen. Carter, with 1090 cav dry, en- 
tered E. Tenn., and captured 550 rebels 
md 700 stand of arms. 

31. 8kirm.sli near Nashville, Tenn. 
Gen. Van • leve's troops with rch. arlii'y. 

21. S.'cretaries Seward and Chase ten- 
dered their resign itiim to Pres. Lincoln, 
wiio informed iliem that tin; acceptance 
of them would be incomp.ilible with tho 
public welfire; when the resign ttiona 
were with Irawn. 

21. Tne 25th Ind., Col. W. H. :Mor- 
gin, in garrison at Davis's Mills, Wolf 
river. Miss., were attacked by a large cav- 
aliy force of rebs. under Gen. Van. Af- 
ter :J hours' contest the rebels witli Irew, 
leaving 22 dead, ;>0 wounded, 20 prison- 
ers, and 100 stand of arms. 

22. Skirmish at Isle of Wight Court 
House, Va. Lieut. Onderdouk's N. Y. 
inoiuued rifles defeated by Gen. Pryor's 



11th 111. cavalry, Col. R. G. Ingersoll, [troops. Rebs. lost 2 men. 

■who fought 2 hours, and lost 40 men and I 22. MiJ.-Gen. R. C. Sehenck assumed 



commmd of ihe Middle Department. ;tnd 
8ih Army corps, lieadquartcrs at Balti- 



2 c.uiiion. 

18 The steamer Mill Boy, at Com- 
ft merce. Miss., was fired on by reb. cavalry niore, xMd. 
and a men killed. The 0. S. gunbo.it 2;j. A proclamatifm from Jeff. Davis, 
Jidiet and City Belle with Utli and 47:li|i]ireateiihig to hang Gen. Butler, or any 
Ind. were disj)atciu'd to Commerce and;of his oilicors wliO should be captured, in 
burnt the town and plantations in the! retail iti<m for the hanging of W. B. 
nei ;hi)orliood ilumford at N. Orleans. 

10. II )lly Springs, Miss., surrendered! 2o. Gen^ Sigel's troops attacked at 
to rebs. with 1,800 men and 150 oilieers. 
$1,000,000 worth of commissary stores. 
&c , desiro^x'd. 

19. A lieutcn.int and 30 men of 10 h 



N. Y. cavalry, with 11 wagon.s, captured 
at Occoquai), Va., by reb. cav. dry, who 
■were overtaken by Col. R ish's cavalry 
and compelleil to destroy their plunder. 
19. Col. Dickey's Fed. cavalry return- 



Dumfries, Va. by reb. cavalry, who were 
repulsed. 

21. S'virmish near Munfordsville, Ky. 
Capt. Dickey's company of 2d Mich, were 
ilcfealed by reb.s. of Gen. Morgan's army, 
losing 2;5 men prisoners. 

24. S'.virmish on the Blackwater river, 
Va., 4 nnles above Franklin. 11th Pa. 
ce.valry. Col. Spears, dispersed rebel 



ed to camp, near Oxford, .Miss., from a troops, ca|)turing 4. 
6 days' scout, with 150 prisomtrs. 31 24. G;-n. .M. L! Smith's Fed. troops de- 
milcs of Ihe Oiiio and .Mobile rail road |stroyed Vicksbirg and Texas raiiroul 10 
were do.-5troycd, v/ith a large amount ofiuules \V. of Vic %sburg, and burned sta- 



rebel stores 

20. Svir'nishnGarIIalitown,Va. Capt 
Vernon's Fed. cavalry defeateil rebs., cap- 
turing ;]. 

19-20. A body of reb. cavalry under 
Col. Forrest attacked a Fed. force at Da- 
■vis's Mills, Tenn., and were repidsed l)y 
them. On the succeeding day, Humboldt, 
Trenton, D/ers, R.itherion, and Ke iton 
were visited by them, and teleLjraph lines 
and railroad bridges destroyed, ilius .sev- 
er, ng Gen. Grant's communication be- 
tu'cen Coluuibios and Corinth. 



tions at Delhi and Dallas. 

2.5. Skirmish at Green's Clxipel, near 
.Munfordville,Ky. Col. Gray's F.d. troops 
deieited reb.s. of .'\Iirgin's ariuy. wiio 
lost 9 killed, 22 wound 'il and 5 prisoners. 

25. Col. Sh.-iuks with 12di Ky. cavalry 
attacked rebs. near iJear Wallow, K3^ 
killing 1, wounding 2 and capturing 10.; 

2i). ';)8 Indi ms bun ^ at .\[,inkau). Minn, 
for [)arlicipating in the late massacres in 
that Stale. 

2ti. Mij. Stevens, with 1.50 of 4lh Ky. 
attacked a reb. cunip in Powell Co., Ky. 



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CnRONOLOGT 



caplurinij 12 men, with most of the camp' 30. Battle at Parkor's Cross RoacTs, 
equipaire. Teiin. A despernte (loiiflict of sL-vcral 

27. A compan}' of Pa. cavalry, under hours' duration helween UiL'n. S illiv.ui'3 
Capl. Johnson, captured at Occoquan, troo]);*, and Gun. Forrest's rebel cavalry, 
V;i. !in which the latter were defeated with a 

27. Elizabethtown, Ky. with a garrison I loss of (iOO in killed, wounded and pris- 
of nearly 500 men under Col. H. S. oners. Fed. loss, about 200. 
Smith, was captured by Gen. Morgan's 31. Beginning of the Buttle of Slone 
reb. army, after a short resistance. Ani river, or Murfreesboro'. 10 hours C(jn- 
imuiensi- amount of imhlic :ind private! tinuous fighting without result. 
S'.ort's were carried otf by liie rebs. 31. Gen. McCleruand succeeded Gen. 

27. Figiit at Dumfries, Va. Col. C. Sherman at Vicksburg and the Fed. army 
Candy's troops were attacked by rebs.iretired to Milliken's Bend, 
under Gens. Stuart and Fitz Hugh Lee, 18G3. 

who were driven otf with the loss of 30 Jan. 1. Pres. Lincoln issued hisEman- 
or 40 men in killed and wounded. Fed. cipation Proclamaticm, declaring all the 
loss about 10 killed and wounded. slaves then held in rebellious territory to 



27 — 29. Attaci; on Vicksl)urg, Miss. 
by Gen. Sherman's army and Fed. gun- 
boats. Gen. Sherman's army ascended 
the Yazoo river on transports, landed 
and attacked the reb. works in the rear 
of Vi(;ksb;irg, while the gunboats assailed 
the batteries at Haines' Bluff. The Fed.-... 
after sanguinary conflicts, carried the first 



Ije forever free. 
1. G:ilveston, Tc.x., recaptured by rebs. 

under Gen. Magruder, with its garrison 

of 300 men. (J Fed. gunboats were in the 
iarbor. The Harriet Lane was captured 
dler a severe tight, in which Capt. Wain- 

wright was killed, and m<inv of his crew. 

TlieFi^d. flm-siiip West field was l)lown 



and second lines of defence and advanced up by Commander llenshavv, to avoid cap- 
within 2 1-2 miles of the city, where theyjiurt', by which he iusl his life, with many 
were defeated and compelled to with- of the crew. 



draw, with a loss of GOO killed, 1,500 
wounded and 1,000 missing. 

28. The trestle-work at Muldraugh's 
Hill, ilul'Mided by the 71st Ind., captured 
and d(-st roved by rebels under Gen. Mor- 
gan after hours' fight. 

28. New Madrid, Mo., evacuated by 
Unionists, after destroying the barracks 
and mauazinc. 

2.S. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va. Col. 
Gibbs' troojis routed rebel cavalry. 

28. Van 13uren, Ark., with a rebel gar- 
rison of 120 men, (i steamboats, and a 
large amount of ammunition and stores 
A'as captured by Gen. Blunt's army, with 
tilitlht loss. 

28. ]\Iajor Foley with 250 of the 6th 
and 10th Ky. cavalry, surprised a rebel 
camp at Elkfonl, Canrpbell Co., Kj. 30 
rebels killed, 176 wounded, 51 prisoners, 
and 80 horses taken. 

28. Skirmish near Clinton, La. Stuart's 
reb. cavalry defeated by a National force. 

30. The Union and Watauga bridges 
on the E. Tenn. and Va. railroad de- 
stroyed 1)3' Gen. Carter's Fed. troops, who 
defeated a rebel force, of whom 400 were 
taken })risoners, and 150 k. and w. with 
slight loss to the Unionists. 

30. The iron-clad steamer Mrmitor, 
Commander Bankhead, foundered neai' 
Cape Hatter as, N. C. 4 officers and 12 
of the crew, and also 8 R. I. soldiers were 
lost with her. 



The battle of Slone I'iver, or Mur- 
freesboro', Tenn., between Gen. Rose- 
crans' army and Gen. Bragg's rebel 
troops, which commenced two days be- 
fore, was resumed, and after an obstinate 
and bloody contest, which lasted all day, 
the rebels were defeated with gre;it 
slaughter. Fed. loss, 1,533 killed, 0,000 
wounded, 2,000 prisoners ; rebel loss, 
over 10,000, of whom 9,000 were killed! 
and wounded. 

2. Reb. cavalry under Major Herring, 
captured 10 sutler.s' wagons and their at- 
teudanls at Dumfries, Va., belonging to 
JIuine and New York regiments. 

3. A rebel camp near La Grange, Ark., 
was surprised by Gen. ^Vashburne's cav- 
alry. 10 of the rebels were captured, 
and 10 killed or wounded. 

3. Rebs. untler Gen. Jones attacked 
Col. AVashburne's troops at Mooi-field, 
near New Creek, Va., and captured 65 
of them. 

5. Fed. troops in Hardy Co., Va., at- 
tacked by rebels under Capt. J. H. Mc- 
Neill, who captured 33 men, 61 horses 
and camp stores.* 

5. The Fed. sclir. Home, Capt. Cushing, 
destroyed a small rebel fort on Little 
river, N. C. 

6. The iron steamer Antona, laden 
with arms and medicine, was captured 
off Mobile, by U. S. steamer Pocahonlas. 

7. 450 women and children left Wash- 



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Jan^ 1863. 



inrrton, D. C, for Richmond and other 
points south, l)v special permit. 

Jan. 8. A rebel foice of .5,000. under 
Gens. M.irniiuUike and Burbrid;,'c, at- 
t.ncia'd the g.irrison at Spriiiij,tielil, Mo. 
They were rei)ulse(l by llie Feds, under 
Gen. Brown nnd Col. Crabb. Fed. loss 
17 Ivilh'd nnd .50 wounded. Keb. loss 200. 

8. Union force from Yorktown, Va., 
under Major W. P. Hall, made a raid to 
the PamunUey river, and destroyed a 
ferryboat, sleamers, sloojjs, railroad and 
dei^ots, and large warehouses containing 
rebel stores. 

8. The 20tli 111. cavalry, Cnpt. Moore, 
attacked a rebel camp near Pdpley, Tenn. 
held by Lieut. -Col. Dawson, killing 8 
wounding 20, and capturing 46 prisoners 
Fed. loss,;] wounded. 

9. Reb. troops under Gen. Prvor 
crossetl the Blackwater, near Suliolk, Va., 
and attacked Gen. Corcoran's brigade ot 
Gen. Peck's troops. Enemy defeated. 
Fed. loss, 104. 

9. Col. Ludlow effected an exchangf 
of prisoners at City Point, Va., by which 
20,000 meu were restored to the Sfational 
army. 

id. Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Va 
Col. Scliimmelfennig's troops, aud Hamp- 
ton's r(;bel cavalry. 

10. 21st Iowa, Col. Merritt, attacked 
by Mirmaduke's troops at llartsville, 
Jio. Rebs. defeated. Fed. loss, ;35 killeti 
and wounded. Iteb. lo.ss, 150 killed and 
w<)uud( (I, and 150 prisoners. 

11. U.S. steamer ilatteras, Lieut. R. 
G. Biuke, sunk o(f Te.\:;s, by rebel steam- 
er Alabama. 100 of the Fed. crew caji- 
tured. 

11. Steatncr Grampus, No. 3, at the 
mouth of \Volf river, Tenn., captured and 
burned b}' 13 rebels. 

11. Arkansas Post, Fort Ilindman, on 
the Ark. river, captui'ed by Admiral Por- 
ter's squadron and Gen. McClernand'^ 
army. Fed loss, nearly 1,000 in killed, 
wounded and missing. Reb. loss, 550 
killed and wounded, and 5,000 prisoners 

12. The brig .L P. Fl icott captured by 
rebel privateer Retribution, and put in 
charge of a prize crew. The wife of the 
mate of the EUicott succeeded in getting 
the rebels into.xiealed, put tliem in irons, 
piloted the vessel to St. Thomas, and 
delivered her and the prisoners to the U. 
B. Consul. 

12. A rebel raid upon Holly Springs, 
Hiss. 

.(,. uai.boat Major Slidell and 3 boats 
witli wounded troojis captured by guer- 
rillas on the Cumbcilaud river, the 



wounded robbed, and all but one of the 
boats burned. 

14. Four Union gunboats under Cora. 
Buchanan, assisted by Gen. Weitzel's 
troops, engaged the rebel iron chul gun- 
boat Cotton, aided by Col. Grav's soldiers, 
on the Bayou Teche, La. The Cotton 
was destroyed after several hours' com- 
bat. Commodore Buchanan was killed. 

14. The steamer Forest Queen was 
burned by guerrillas at Commerce, Miss. 

14. The Fed. gunboat Queen of the 
West, Col. Charles E. Ellet, was captured 
on the Red river near Gordon's Landing. 

15. Mound City, Ark., burned by Fed. 
troops. 

15. 17 of the22d Wis. captured near 
Clarendon, Ark. 7 rebels killed and 
wounded. 

10. U. S. steamer Columbia stranded 
■It Masnnboro' Inlet, N. C. Her oliiccrs 
surrendered to the rebels, under Col. 
Lamb. 

16. Duvall's Bluff, Ark., captured by 
Fed. gunboat 15aron de Kalb, and others 
of Porter's Hot ilia, and Gen. Gorman's 
troops. 100 prisoners taken. Lieut. J. 
G. Walker, 7 prisoners and a large sup- 
ply of arms taken. 

16. Reb. privateer Oreto escaped frojn 
Mobile. 

10. U. S. transport ship Planter, with 
froops, wrecked near Stranger's Key, 
Bahama. 

17. Des Arc, Ark., captured by Fed. 
troops, without opposition. 

17. Skirmish at Pollocksvillc, N. C, 
the rebels fleeing from the town. 

19. Skirmish near Barnesville, Va. 
Lieut. Vezin and 112 men charged a 
large party of reb. cavalry, rescuing 6 of 
iheir company who were prisoners and 
capturing 4 rebels. 

19. The brig Estelle captured by the 
reb. privateer Oreto, or Florida, Capt. 
Maffit. 

19. The army of the Potomac, Gen. 
Burnside, moved down the Rappahan- 
nock. 

21. The National ship ^Morning Light 
md the schooner Velocity were captured 
by reb. steamers .Tosiah Bell and Uncle 
Ben, near Sabine Pass, Te.\as. 

21. Reb. camp broken up near Colum- 
bia, Mo., by 61st Mo., Col. Douglass, and 
6 prisoners taken. 2 F<>ds. wounded. 

21. Gen. Fitz John Porter dismissed 
from the U. S. service. 

21. Col. Hutchinson, with 100 rebel 
cavalry, captured a company of U. S. 
troops and '60 wagons, at Murfrcesboro', 
Tenn. 



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CHEONOLOGT. 



22. Gen. Barnside's second attempt to 
cross the Rappahannock foiU'd by a rain 
storm, which made liie roads impassable. 

22. Tlie brig VVinaward cai)tiired by 
the reb. privateer Florida, off Cuba. 

23. A. company of Feds., under Capt. 
Taylor, was attacked in Johnson Co., 
E. Tenn., by reb.s., un(k-r Col. Folk. 4 
Feds, killed and several wounded and 
captured, some of whom were hung. 

23. Arkansas Post, Ark., evacuated by 
Fed. troops, and the fort blown up 



30. A reb. camp at Trenton, Tenn., in 
cliargc of Capt. Dawson, was attacked 
by 22d Ohio, Col. Wood, and 34 rebels 
captured, or killed. 

30. 300 rebel cons ript sokliers surren- 
dered at MurtVcL'sboro', Tenn., and took 
the oath of allegiance to the U. S. gov- 
ernment. 

30. A finht at Deserted House, 9 miles 
from Suifolk, Va., between Feds, nnder 
Gen. Corcoran, and Gen. Pryor's troops. 
Lo.ss in killed and wounded about (iO oa 



24. Maj.-Gen. Burnsidc transferred Ihcjeach .-iile. 
commmd of the army of the Potomac toj 31. Two rebel gunbo.^ts and rams, and 
Gen. .Jos. Hooker. .Mai. -Gens. Sumner 3 steamers, under Com. Ingraliam, came 



and Franklin connnandlng right and left 
■win'.is, r<;lieved IVom their commands. 

25. Attack by rebs. on the railroad 
near Nashville, Teaa. They were re- 
pulsed. 

25. Reb. pickets near Kinston, N. C, 
caj^iured. 

26. The bark Golden Rule was caji- 
tuied and burnt by the Alabama, 50 
miles south of St. Domingo. 

26. A fight near Woodbury, Tenn. 
Gen. Palmer's Fed. troops defeated a 
reb. force, wdio lost 35 killed and over 
100 prisoners. Fed. loss 2 killed and 9 
wounded. 

27. Attack on rebs. at Bloomfiekl, Mo., 
by GSth Mo. militia, Col. Lindsay, who 
drove the enemy from the town, captur- 
ing 52 prisoners, 70 horses and 100 stand 
of arms. 

27. Bombardment of Fort McAllister, 
Ga., by monitor Montauk, Capt.Worden, 
and 3 gunl)oats. 

27. Skirmish at Indian Village, on 
Bayou Plaquemine, La., by Gen. Wcit- 
zefsFed. brigade, who defeated a rebel 
force. 

27. Col. Wyndham's Fed. troops at- 
tacked Stuart's cavalry near Jliddleburg, 
Va., defeating them, and capturing 26 
men and 40 head of cattle. 

28. The reb. steamer Julia Roan, with 
800 men, was captured by Col. Harrison's 
Fed. tro.)ps, 130 of 1st Ark. cavalr}^, near 
Van Buren, Mo. 

29. The British iron steamer Princess 
Royal, laden with arms, was captured 
off Charleston, S. C. 

29. A fight near Bear river, "Washing- 



down the Charleston, S. C, liiirbor, and 
attacked 3 vessels of the blockading 
scjuadron, the Mercedifa, the Keystone 
State, and the Quaker City, dimaging 
them severely, and capturing and i)arol- 
iiig the crew, of I be Mercedita. 30 Feds, 
killed and 50 wounded. 

31. Ki'imett's National cavalry at- 
tacked Wheeler's brigade, near Nasb- 
ville, Tenn. Reb. loss 12 killed and 13 
woimded, and 300 prisoners. 5 Feds, 
uounded. 

31. Attack on Fed. soldiers by desert- 
ers and mob in Morgan Co., Ind. The 
mob dispersed, and 8 of them ca|)luretl. 

31. Shelybville, Ky., entered l)y Fed. 
troops under Gen. J. C. Davis. 

Fab. 1. Second attack on Fort Mc.Vl- 
lister, Ga. Reb. command .t M ij. Galbii, 
killed. Fed. vc'^sels retire with )Ut loss. 

1. Franklin, Tenn., occupied by Fed. 
forces under Col. R. Johnson, with slight 
loss. 

1. Unsuccessful attack on Island No. 
10, in Mie Miss, river, by a large foice ot 
rebs., with slight lo.ss. 

1. Col. Stokes, with loyal Tenn. and 
Ky. troops, attacked a reb. cami) at Mid- 
dleton, Tenn., c;ii)turing Maj. Douglass 
and 100 of his men. 

2. The Union ram Queen of the West 
ran by the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, 
Miss. 

3. Skirmish at Mingo Swamp, Mo. 
Fed. troops under Maj. Reeder defeated 
rebs. under D. JIcGee, wbo was killed, 
with 8 of his men, and 20 wounded. 

3. Fort Donelson, Tenn., garrisoned by 
83 111., Col. Harding, was attacked by a 



ton Territory. Union troops nnder Col. large force under Wbeeler and Forrest 
Connoy defeated Indians with severe Rebs. repulsed with a loss of 100 killed, 
loss, after 4 hours' battle. |400 wounded and 300 prisoners. Fed. 

29. Gen. McClernand's troops landed I loss 12 ki led and 30 wounded. 



6 miles from the mouth of the Yazoo 
river, in view of Vicksburg. 

30. U. S. gunboat Isaac Smith cap- 
tured iu Slono river, S. C. 



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4. Skirmish near Lake Providence, 
La., in which .30 rebs. were killed and 
wounded, and 90 horses taken. 

4. Cavalry dash upon Batcsviile. Ark., 



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Feb., 1863 



unrler Col. G. E. Waiini, driving rebels Fed. ram QMeen of flic West, near Fort 
iin'-ier Marniadukc out of llie town, with Taj-lor, Red river. TIm- mm was tlien run 
severe loss, and capturing Col. Adams ashore by a treacherous pilot, and eap- 
and other rebels. |tured by the rebels. 

F'ib. 5. Skirmish on Bear Creek, John- 14. Oth Midi, eavalry snrjirised near 
son Co., Mo. Capt. Ranney, of 40lh Mo.' Annaiid.ile, Va., witii hiss of l."» men. 
niiliii I dn)ve a small rel)el foree. | 15. Fiirht near Canesville, Tci.n. The 

5. S'drinish near Slaiford's, Va. |l2;id 111., Col. Monroe, defeated some of 

0. Union raid upon Middleburgh, by Gen. Moriran's cavalry, of whom viO were 
5tli N. Y. cavalry. Several rebs. cap- killed, many woundid, and G capiured. 
tured. ! Also 50 horses and ;jUL> stand of arms, 'i 

8. Skirmish between Winchester and Federals wounded. 
Mirtinsbur.i,', Va. 1st N. Y. cavalry,' 1."). Serg't Holmes, with 14 of 2d I^Iinn., 
Capt J. -nes, defeated a small reb. force, escorting a wagon train near Noic iisvilie, 

7. A sfpiadron of the 5ih Pa. cav.ilry Tenn., repulsed a su|)erior force of rebel 
were led into amliu'^h 5) miles irom Wil- cavalry, of whom 8 were killed, 20 



liamsburg, V.v., and o5 of their number 
killed, wo\mdeil, or captured 

7. Reb Capt. Dawson and several of 
his men were cajiturcd by Col. Wood, 
22 1 Oliio, near Dyersburg, Va. 

7. R'b. Sec. of Stale declared Galves- 
ton and Sabine Puss, Texas, open to 
Commerce. 

8. A reb. camp attacked near Inde- 
pen leiice. Mo , by Lieut. Coburn, 5th Mo. 
cavalry. 8 reb-. killed, 2 wounded, and 
all their arms captured. 

3. R.un Queen of the West returned 
from an expedition down the Missis- 
sippi, near Port II idson, having sunk '6 
steamers loaded with provisions for rebs , 
and captured 5G |)risoner3. 

8. (iens. Davis' and Morgan's troops 
returned to N.ishville, Ten:i., from the 
pursuit of Forrest. They captured oO 
reb!(. 7 miles E. of Charlotte, including 
Col. Carroll. 

8. Lebanon, Tenn., occupied by Fed. 
troops, who captured 000 rebels. 

9. Skirmish near S unmervillc, Va 
Maj. Kno.x's Fed. cavalry defeated rebs. 

ii. -en. Rosecrans, in Teun., ordered 
the execution of all rebs. caught in Fed. 
U!iit'>»rn\ or cariying Uie national flatr. 

10. Fight at Oitl river, La. Capt. 
Tuc;:i;r, l.sl Kans is, defe.iled dd La. reb 
cavalry, who lost 
killed or wounded. Union loss, 8. 

10. The Ulh Wis. and Uth III. attack 
cd near Lake Providence, on the Miss., 
by rebs., who were repulsed. liZ taken 
prisoners 

12. N. Y. ship Jacob Bell burnt by the 
Florida. 

IZ. Skirmish near Smithfield, Va. 12th 
Pa cavalry engaged Capt. Baylor's reb. 
troops. 

12. Skirmish near Bolivar, Tenn. 4 
relis. killed, 5 womided. by Fed. cavalry, 
who were defeated. 

14 Barge New Era, No, 5, captured by 



wourKied, and 4 prisoners. 

15. Fight near Arkadolphia, Ark. 
Feds, under Capt. Brown defeated the 
eneniv, who lost 14 kilied and 12 wound- 
ed. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 12 wounded. 

17. A forage train in char_'e of some 
of llOlh and 12:M Ohio cajjtured by rebs. 
near Roniney, Va. 

17. U. S. steamer Hercules burnt by 
rebels near Memphis, Tenn. 

18. Mortar boats opened tire on Vicks- 
burg. 

18. Clifton, Tenn., burnt by 3d Mich, 
cavalry. 

18. Disloyal State Convent, at Frank- 
fort, Ky., dispersed by n)ilitary. 

19. A party of 1st Ind. <;;ivaliy, Lt.-Col. 
Wooil, routed by reb. cavalry near '"old- 
water, Ml.ss. Federal loss, G killed, 3 
W(r.mded, and 15 cai)lui'ed. 

19. Ilupetield, Ark., n|)|i(isite ^lemphis, 
Tenn., burnt by order of Gen. Iliirlbut. 

20. Skirmish near the Yazoo Pass. 
5ih 111. cavalry dispersed reliel troops, 
billing G and capturing 26. Fed. loss 5 
wounded. 

21. The ship Golden Eigle and bark 
Olive Jane biuni by rebel sieamer Al.v 
hama. 

21. Union gunboats Freeborn and 
Dr.igon euga^'ed a rebel batiery on the 
prisoners, and 11 Uajjpahannock river, Va. Three Feds, 
wounded. 

21. A guerrilla raid upon Sliakcr'own, 
Ky. Government properly and cars de- 
stroyed. 4 rebels c;jptured by Col. 
Brision. 

22. Catit. Cornyn, lO'h Mo. cav.alry, 
V ited Florence and Tnseuudiia, Ala., 
and capiured horses, mules, negroes, and 
100 reb.s. 

22. At Gatesville, Va., 9 of the 57th 
rebel Va. were captured by Federal 
tr<jops. 

22. The Yazoo Pass exped'n reached 
Moon Lake. 



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CIIKONOLOGY. 



23. F'lL^ht. nc:ir Greenville, Mis?. Gen 
Fer^'usyii's ru.)el ti'i)<),i.s eii^Mg.-i.l Nalion 
als iiiulcr Geii. Barbnd^e. .>iiij. MiklJ, 
22a ill., killed. 

2.J. Slannisli near Alliens, Ky., with 
Morgan's guerrillas. 

2). lieDel lorcc of 700 devastating E 
Keiituciiy. A large anioi-.iit of gover.i 
lucini properly destroyed at Paris, Ky. 

21. An atteini)t by re )els 10 e.ipuh. 
the sleaiUiT 13olle at Cotlonwood 1j aid- 
ing, renii., was repuisod 
eaeii side. 

24. Ganboit Indianola capiiired near 
Grind liiiir, Miss., by l I'ebei steamers. 

23. Skirnusli at llariwood Cluireli, 
Va., ne.ir Kelly's Ford. Gen. Avenll's 
t.oops deieat;-d Smart's reoel cavalry. 

'2.'3. Iteuel troops luiJer Clarke dis- 
persed al LickioWii, Ky. 

2.5. The steamer Pcteihoff captured 
oft' St. Taoinas by U. S. giuibo.it Vau- 
derbilt. 

25. Skirmish 5 miles from Falmouth, 
Va. Oth IJ. S. cavaby defe iteti Stuart's 
cavalry, of wlioni 40 were captured. 

2tj. ijav dry linlit near \Voodsiock, Va. 
The UUli Pa. and 1st .N. Y. were deleated 
bv the enemy, who kUled and captured 
200. 

2». Cherokee National Council re- 
pealed the onlinance of secession, and 
uboiiSiied slaverv. 

26. A government freight train cap- 
ture 1 by roeis near Woo.lburn, Tenn. 

21. Uestnictam of rebei steamer Nash- 
ville m Ogeechee river, near Fort i\[eAl- 
lisler, Fla., by gunboat Moalauk, dpi. 
WoiMen. 

2t. S.virinish 15 miles from New bcrn, 
N. C. C ipt. J.acobs' N. Y. c.ivalry de- 
fe lied reoels, wno lost o killed aud 4b 
prisoners, i Fed. Wounded. 

Xvlirch 1. Union tlasn hito Bloom- 
fie.d, .Uo. Fr(jvost-m.irslial and 20 pns 
ouL-rs taken. 

1. Fight at Brady villc, Tenn. 2,500 
of K )-;eeraMs' army drove Morgan's reb. 
divis,(m from the io\ni, kidingb, wound- 
ing ;J0, and capturing 89. Fed loss, 15 
in Kilifd and woundi-d. 

1. Ir^iiglisU sleamir Qiecn of the Wave 
C;\ptured near George itwn, S. C, by U. 
S. guniioat Connemaugh. 

1. Kelis. capiun-d 50 of 1st Vt. cavalry, 
Capts. Wood and llimloon, at Aldie, Va. 

2. Siiarp coulest on the Salem pii<e, l(i 
miles from MarlVeesboro', between the 
regulars of lioseerans' army and a large 
force from Br.igg's. Tiie rebs. defeated. 

2. Four guerrillas captured '6 miles 
from Kasselville, Ky. 



3. Slight cavalry figlit ncar'Peter.'sbiir*, 
Teun. li bels routed with 12 killed and 
iO wounded. 

2. Caj)!. Schultze's Fed. cavalry dc- 
.eated jlosby's troops near Aldie, Va., 
capturing ^iO. 

;]. Fort .McAllister. Ga., bombarded 

. ilhoui success. 

a. The K:ii-oiment .and Conscription 

v:t passed by Congress, approved. All 

.irms-l)earuig men with certain e.xcep- 

1 killed on tions wfre 10 be enrolled by Ajiril 1st 

ensuuig, and the Presi lent was auihor- 

iz .d lo call for quolas iVom the carolled 

names. 

4. Fight on Ilarpeth river, near Chapel 
flill, Tenn. Col. Johnson's Tenn. Fed. 
cavalry engaged Col. lloger's troops, 
uillmg 12 and capturing 72. 

4. A ijournmeni of ;j?ih Congress. 

4. Sii.ii-mishes at Skeet and Swan 
Q larter, N. C. Rebels beaten, 28 killed 
,ind wounded. Umonisls, '6 killed aud 
15 wounded 

5. U. S. Senate met in extra session. 
5. Fij,ht at Thom[)son's Station, near 

Franklin, Tenn. A P\nl. force under 
Col. Colbnrn was attacked by a large 
army under Van Dorn, and defeated in 
.)attle, afier which llie eniire Union brig- 
lie w I:* cip;, I e l,exc'!;)tin f 150 mai. 
i<\Mi. loss, 100 killed, ;300 wounded, and 
1,200 prisoners. Rebel loss, 120 killed 
iiul oOO wounded. 

5. The (Jrisla iie\vs[)apcr ofTicc!, at Co- 
lumbus, ()., was ilcs-lroyed "oy soldiers. 

(5. Saccessful foray of Fed. troops under 
Ool. Piieli>s in Norihumberland Co., Va. 

0. Sliip Siar of Peace captured aud 
burnt by rel)e' priv;'.teer Florida. 

(>. Gen. Hunter ordered the drafting 
)f negroes in the Department of the 
South. 

7. A scouting expedition from Bello 
Plain. Va., returned with several prison- 
-•rs and much |)roperty. 

7. A brigade of cavairv under Gen. 
.ianly al lacked lehel Ciivaliy of Gen. 
li issell at Unionville, 'I'eiiii. Rebel loss, 
)0 kided, 180 wounded, and all their 
stores. 

8. Mo-by (reb.) dashed intoFairla.\,Va., 
iiid capUmsd Brig.Gen. Stoughion and 

•JO men aud 58 horses. 

8. 4citl .VUiss-.Col. Ilolbrook, c:)jilured a 
rebel cavaliy company near Newbern, 
N. C. 

i). A small rebel force captured, six 
miles below Port Hudson, on the Missia- 
Mppi. 

'.I. The screw-steamer Ilouro captured 
by U. S. gunboat (.Quaker City. 



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March. 1863. 



March 9. Giu'rrillas dcfouted near driven off, with 1 man killed and 16 



Bolivar, Tean., with Ihe loss of 18 cap 
tured. 

y. Skirmish at Blackwater Bridge, Va., 
by Feils. under Col. Chickering. 

y. Skirmish on Amite river, La. Rebs. 
dispersed. 

10. Keiel steamer Parallel burnt on 
tlie Mississippi w ilh 3,000 bahis of cotton. 

10 Several rebels cai)tured at Ruther- 
ford's creek, Teua., by Geu. Granger's 
troops. 

10. Jacksonville, Fla., captured by 1st 
8. C. (colored) regiment. 

10. Skinnisli near Covington, Tenu. 
Col. Urierson's cavalry attacked Col. 
llichardson's rebel camp, killing 25 and 
caj)luriug a large nunibi'r. 

11. A skiruiish 13 miles E. of Paris, 
Ky. Guerrillas attacked a Fed. forage 
train, and were repulsed. 

12. Geu. Gordon's troops returned to 
Franklin, Tenn., froui pursuing Van 
Doru's tr<)i>j)s beyond Duck river. Fed. 
loss in skirmishes, 9. 

13. Unsuccessful as.saulton Fort Green 
■wood, on the rallahatcliie. Miss., by 
Union gunboats Chillieotiie and DeKalb, 
and a land liatlery. 

13. Skirmish at Berwick City, La. 



wounded. 

17. Col. J. B. Fry detailed as Provost- 
Marshal-General ot the U. S. 

18. Skirmishing at Berwick Bay, La. 
Capt. Perkins, 1st Louisiana cavalry, de- 
feated rebs., who lost 10 killed and 20 
wounded. 

19. Steamer Georgiana, with arms for 
the rebels, destroyed otl' Charle.slon. 

19. Skirmish on Duck river, near 
Franklin, Tenn. 

20. Col. Hall s brigade, of Bosecrans's 
army, attacked at Vaught's Hill, near 
Alilum, Tenn., by Morgan's and Breck- 
inridge's cavaliy. The rebels deleated, 
losing 40 killed, 140 wounded, and 13 
prisoners. Fed. loss 7 killed and 31 
wounded. 

21. Fight at Cottage Grove, Tena. 
Rebels defeated with severe loss. 

21. Capture of British steamer Nicho- 
las I. while attempting to eiUer Wil- 
;ningtf)n harbor, N. C, by U. S. sleani- 
~;hip Victoria. She had 10 tuns of pow- 
der and 50,000 Enfield rifles. 

21. Skirmish near Seneca, Pendleton 
Co , Va. A party of loyal men called 
"swampers" defeated by rebels. 

21. An expedition uj) the bayous re 



13. The signal station at Si)anisli turned to the Yazoo river, a fier defeat- 
Wells, S. C, burnt by a party of rebels, ing the rebels at Deer Creek, and de- 
A lieut. and 8 men captured. [stroying 2,000 bales' of cotton, 50,000 

13. Rebel troops under Gen. Pettigrew bushels of corn, and all the jiou.ses on 
attacked Gen. Foster's troops at New-, the route. 

bern, N. C, but were repulsed. | 22. 50 of the 5th Mo. cavalry dele ited 

14. Admiral Farragut, with 7 of his by Quanlrell's guerrillas, near IJlue 
fleet, attackt'd the rebel batteries at, Spring, Mo. Fed. loss, 9 killeil, 5 miss- 
Vicksburg, Miss. The Hartford (flag- ing, ami several wounded. 

ship) and the AU)alross passed the bat- 22. Jlounl Sterling, Ky., attacked by 
teries and went up the river. The Mis- rebels under Col Cluke. The Fed. gar- 
sissippi was destroyed, and part of her rison of 2U0, under Capt. Radelill", cap- 



crew cai)iured. 

14. Col. Minty's Fed. cavalry returned 
to Murfiee>boro', Tenn., after 11 days' 
absence, with 50 rel)el prisoners and a 
lame amount of stores. 



tured, and the town burned. 

22. Stt'.imer Granite City captured by 
U. S. gunboat Tioga, off the B.diamas. 

l()-24. Bread, r'iots at Atlanta, Ga., 
Salisbury, N. C, Richmoiul,Va., Raleigh, 



ing to leave that port. 20 rebels and 
brass Dahlgren guns were taken 

15. 'the Jcjlf.wnian, newspaper oflice 



15. Schooner Chapman, fitted out andiN. C, and Petersburg, Va 
manned as a rebel privateer in San] 24. Pontehatoula, La., captured .by 
Francisco, was captured while attempt- Fed. troops under Col. Clark. 

24. The seiiooueis Miwy Jane and 
Rising Dawn captured by U. S. gunboats 
State of Giorgia and Mount Vernon, off 
at Richmond, lud., was destroyed bylWiluiinglon, N. C. 
Union soldiers. 25. Tlie Fed. gunboats Lancaster and 

17. A sharp conflict at Kelly's Ford, 'Switzerland attempted lo i>ass the reliel 
Va., between a body of Gen. Averill's iiaUerii'S at Vieksburg. Tlie Lancaster 
~" -•-... ^. wjjg ^iiiik^ and the Switzerland escaped, 

much damaged. 



Fed. cavalry and a rel)cl force. Gen. 
Averill's troops were defeated, but 8G of 
tlie enemy were captured. 

17. Attack on lebel works near Frank 



25. At Brentwood, Tenn., 300 Federal 
troops, under Lieut.-Col. Bloodgood.were 



lin, Va. Fed. troops under CoL Spear captured by rebel Ibrcos under Wheclor 



March, 1863. 



OHKONOLOGT. 



Slid Ponest, ami the town sacked. Aj 1. The town of Palmyr.'\, Tenn., burned 
i''i'.deral cavahy force, under Gen. Smith, by a Fed. gunboat, Capt. Fitz. 



overtoolv the rebels in tlieir retreat, and 
def'vvti'd tljeni, capturini^- 42 prisoners, 
and lecovcrlnn- part of i.Jieir booty. Loss, 
about 1") on eacli side in k. and w. 

■^~). SieiuuT Di>l[)liiu eaplu'd olf Porto 
Jiico by U. S. gunl)oat Wacluisetl. 

2i). Expi'dilfon returned to Carthage, 
Tenn., with 2S rebel prison(!rs. 

x!(5. Geii. JJurnside look command of 
tiie L)ei)artinent of the Ohio. 

27. Fast day in the rebel Stales, 

27. Jacksonville, Fla., burned by Fed. 
troops. 

27. U. S. steam'.T Hartford passed be- 
low the rebel batteries at Warrenton, 
Miss. 

28. Gunboat Diana captured by rebels 
at Paitersonville, La. HI of tlie crew 
killed or wounded, and 170 prisoners. 

24. Coles Island, S. C, occupi 'd by K 
Y. troops, uii ler Col. G. F. B. D uidy. 

28. S; earner Sam. Galy plundi'rcd by 
rebels at Sibley, Mo. 

28. JMie rebels attacked Williamsburg, 
Va., and were repulsed by the 5th Pa. 
cavalry, Col. Lewis. 

2i). A party of blockade runners taken 
at Poplar creek, .Md. 

21). Si.vth 111. cavalry. Col. Loomis, 
surprised by rebs. under Col. lliehard- 
8on, near Somerville, Tenu. Fed. loss 
40 in k. or w. Rebs driven oft". 

'Si). Uattle near Souu-rsel, Ky. Fed 
troops under Gen. Gilliuore defeated Pe- 
gram's army of -OOO, afier a battle (»f 4 
hours. lieb. loss 850. 400 eatlle taken 

00. Washing. on, N. C, was attacked 
by rebels under Hill and Pettigrevv. 
The Fi'd. pickets and skirmishers driven 
in with loss, and the rebe.s driven out 
of raage afierwards b}' Fed. guul)o it^. 

1)0. 700 rel)els, under Geiu Jenkins, 
captured Po lit Pleasant, W. Va., but 
were subsequently driveu out, losing 12 
kill.;d and 14 prisoners. Fed. loss 1 
kill ;d and I wounded. 

80. Ilieiuuond, .Miss., occupied by Gen. 
MeClera .iid's Fed. troop?, after sharp 
skirm. slung. 

31. Geu. Herron appointed to com- 
mand he army of the fronlier. 

Aj.u±. Admiral Farragut, with the 
Nat on il gunboats Hartford, Switzer- 
land Old .\lbairo3s, engaged the rebel 
b ilteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., and passed 
tbeai .vith »ut. serious loss. 

1. Sjv-re riglit at Dranesvillc, Va., be- 
tween 1st Vt. cavalry, and Capt. Mos- 
by's rebel troops. Feds, defe.ited with a 
loss of (JO in killed, wounded, and pns. 



Vii 



3. Women's bread riot at liichmond, 



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2. Skirmish at Woodbury, Tenn. Gen. 
I Iazen"s Fed. troops engaged and defeated 
rebels, killing 12 and capturing and 
wounding 30. 

3. Atlmiral Farragul's vc^ssels proceed- 
ed to the moulh of the lied river, de- 
stroying rebel boats. 

2. Gunboat St. Clair disabled by rebs, 
above Fort Donelson.on the Cumberland 
river. She was rescued by the steamer 
Luminous. 

2. Hicks' rebel guerrillas, in Jackson 
Co., Mo., were atlacketl by Maj. Ransom 
with the Gib Ks. 17 rebels killed, and 
cou.siderable property captured. 

2. Fight at S:iow Hill, Tenn. Gen. 
Stanley engaged Mortim and Wlinrton's 
rebel regimenl.s, who were defeated, and 
15 or 20 killed, and 50 captured. 

3. Arrests of IvnigbiS of the Golden 
Circle, at Reading, Pa. 

3. Sieamer Tampico c^iptured olf Sa- 
bine Pass, Texas, by U. S. gunboat New 
Lcuiilon. 

3. Capt. Worth! ngton's loyal Arlc. cav- 
alry returned to Fayetteville, Ark., after 
lour skirmishes, in which two reliel cip- 
lains were k., 1 w., 22 men k. and 7 taken. 

4. Unionists under Geu. Pt)tt(T re- 
pulsed with loss of 5 men in attempt to 
eaiiture rebel battery on Pamlico river. 

4. Palmyra, Tenn., burned by the gun- 
boat Le.\in.^lon. 

4. U. S. steamer Sylvan Shore fired on 
near Washington, N. C, and several of 
her crew killed or wounded. 

5. Ship Louisa Hatch captured by the 
Alabaiiuu 

5. Troops sent from Newborn to rescue 
Gun. Foster, besieged in Wasliinglou, N.C 

5. Skirmish in Black IJayou, La. 

6. Col. Wilder's Fed. command on an 
expedition within the rebel lines in Tenn. 

lestroyed much provision, and brought 
in 350 negroes. 

0. iiebel camp at Green Hill, Tenn., 
broken up; 5 killed and 15 taken, 

7. Bombardment of Fort Sumter by 
Idiniral Dapont; the Ueet driveu off; 
fort little injured. 

7. U. S. gunboat Barataria lost in 
Amite river, La, 

7. Successful forav into Gloucester Co., 
Viu 

8. Gunboat George Washington, strand- 
ed in Broad river, 8, C, attacked by rebs. 
and blown up. 



THE WAR FOR THE tTNION". 



April, 1CG3. 



April 8. Tlie Tfillahatchie fleet re- 15. Fi^jhting continued on the N:inss- 
turned to Ilclemx, Ark., after an absence moiul river. 

of 43 days, witli the division;* of Gens.j 15. Dasli npon Pikeville, Ky., by 39ih 
lioss and Quimby. 30 soldiers werejKy., Col. Dills. 17 reb. ollicera ;vnd Gl 
killed and a number wounded. privates c. ptured. 

8. GO rebels captured in Loudon Co., I 15. Deslruclion of reb. steamer Queen 



Va., by Gen. Copland's brii^ade, 

8. tr. S. steamer Lovell anil propeller 
Saxonia captured 15 miles below Clarkes 
rille, Tenn. 

9. Pascagoula, Miss., taken by a Union 
force from Ship Island, but abandonetl 
the same day. 

9. Fight at Blount's Mills, N. C. 
Unionists driven oil' with small loss. 

10. Battle at Franklin, Tenn. Van 
Dorn's attack repulsed. Union loss 
about lOJ. Rebel, 300 k. and w. 

10. Rebels routed near Germantown, 
Ky. 

10. Skirmish near Waverly, Tenn. 
21 Unionists taken prisoners. 

11. Col. Streiglit's raiding force left 
Nasiuille for Georgia. 

11. U lion cavalry camp near Williams- 
burg, Va., broken up by rebel attack 

1:^. Ironclad fleet leaves Charleston 
harbor. 

12. Skirmish near Gloucester Point, 
Va. 

13. Lieut.-Col. Kimball killed by Gen. 
Corcoran. 

13. Transport Escort ran the batteries 
below Wasiiingiou, N. C, bringing aid 
lor Gen. Foster. 

13. Sldrmish near Suffolk, Va. 

13. Gen. Stoneman's cavalry advanced 
in (leiacliments to Warrcnton, Bealt(m, 
Rappalrinnock bridge, Liberty, and al! 
the fords of the Raiiidan, Va", prepara- 
tory to a general advance of the army of 
the Poiomac against General Lee. 

14. B.iitle at Cayou Teche, La. Rebs. 
defeated and tlieir three gunboats, Diana, 
Hart, and Queen of the West, destroyed. 
Union loss about 350. Reb. n)uch iai'ger. 

14. Gen. Foster escaped from Wash- 
ington, N. C, by running the rebel block- 
ade in I he steamer Escort. 

14. Rt'bel battery on Nansemond river 
'silenced by gunboats. 

14. U. S. gunboat West End attacked 
by a reb. battery near Sull'olk, Va., and 
cou>i lerably damaged. 5 of her crew 
killed and 18 wounded. 

15. Col. Evans routed 200 Indians, 75 
miles south of Daybreak, in Utah, kill- 
ing 30. Fed. loss, 8. 

15. Franklin, La., occupied by Union 
trooi)d. 

15. Rebs. raise the siege of "Washing- 
ton, N. C. 



m 



of the West, in Berwick's Bay, La., by 
U. S gunboat Estella. 90 rebs. cajjiurcd, 
»nd 30 lost. 

16. Admiral Porter's fleet of 8 gun- 
')oats and several transports ran pass the 
V'icksbuig batteries, losing only 1 trans- 
port and no men. 

IG. Fight with Indians at Medalia, 
Minn. 

IG. Steamer Gertrude captured off 
Harbor Islands, W. I., by U. S. steamer 
Vanderbiit. 

17. The OOth and 130th N. Y. enga- 
ged reb. troops near Suliolk, Va. 2 Feds, 
killed and 3 woimded. 

17. (ien. Donelson (reb.), nejihew of 
Andrew Jackson, died at Kno.willc. 

17. Col. Grii'rson's famous cavalry- 
raiding force started from La Grantee. 

cnn. 

17. Skirmish at Bear Creek. Rebs. 
defeated by Gen. Dodge's troops. 

17. Skirmish at Vermillion Bayou, L.-i. 
Rebs. driven off by Gen. Giover's troops, 
who took 1,000 jirisoners. 

18. Gen. Getty's lroop.s, in conjunction 
with gunboats (m Nansemoiul river, N. 
C, under Lieut. Lainsoii, captured a reb. 
battery of 8 pieces and 200 prisoners, at 
the West Branch. 

18. The siege of Washington, N. C, 
raiseil, after an investment of 3 weeks by 
I large Confederate force. 

18.' Fayetteville, Ark., attacked by a 
reb. armv under Gen. Cabell, who were 
repulsed by 2,000 Feds, under Col. Ilar- 
ris( )n. 

18 Reconnoitering party at Sabine 
Pass captured by concealed rebs. Capt. 
.McDermott, of gunbo.it Cayuga, killed. 

18 19. Cols. Graham and Riley de- 
feated reb. forces in several skirmishes on 
Cumberland river, Tenn., killing and 
wounding 40. 

19. Cavalry skirmishing near Hernan- 
do, Miss., with varying success. 

19. Severe fight on llje Ci>ldwater, 
near Hernando, Tenn. A Fi'd. brigade 
under Col. Bryant defeated rebel tnxjps 
in a series of skirmishes. Reb. loss, 20 
killed, 40 wounded. Fed. 10 kided, 20 w. 

20. Opelousas, La., occupied by Uniou 
forces. 

20. Cavalry skirmish near Helena, 
Arkansas. 
20. Fight at Patterson, Mo. Feds, ua- 



April, 1863. 



CHRONOT.OGY. 



der Col. Smart dpfcntpd with loss of 50j 20. 30 rebel eot'on-irins and mills and 
in kill i\ unci woundeil. );)r)(),0(H) Ini.sliL'is of corn desiroyod by a 

20. IJutc a la Rose, La., captured byjrail lo Deer (^reek, Miss. 

Dili. in •xnnhoMts. fiO prisoners taken. j 20. C.ip<! C.irardeau, Mo., attacked by 

21. S vinuisri and captnre of a few rebs.jMarinaduke's rebels, who were defeated 
near lierryville, Va., by Capt. Laypole, ofj with heavy loss bv G^ii. McNeil's troo[)s. 
6ih Va. " Kebel loss" 40 killed and 200 wounded. 

21. An expedition under Gen. Graham 20. Grn. Ihirnsidc ussunied command 
returned to Louisville, Ky., after ])ro-'of the Department of Ohio. 

cei- liuir lo Cel na on tlie ('uud)erl uidj 27. A body of Texan Uanirers were 
and desiroyiiig a large amount of rebel! attacked 8 miles from I^'r.inklin Tenn., 
sto.es :>nd 40 boats. GO rebs. killed and'by 700 Federal (Rivalry under Col. Wal- 
wo Mid d. |kins, of the Oili Kentucky, wlio defeated 

22. Keb. raid on Tompkinsville, Ky.ithem, c:ipluring 200 prisoners. 

The Court house burned, and 5 Union 27. Tlie steamship Anglo Si.xon, from 
men killed. [Liverpool, wrecked 4 miles off Cape 

22. Ueb. steamer Ellen captured near 11 ice, with ;>0() passengers, and a crew of 



C^t u'lat)leau. La 

22. SevvMi of the 8th Mo. cavalry, and 
a Hiplist minister shot by guerrillas in 
Ced ir Co., Mo. 

22. Occupation of Mc!Minnvillc,Tenn., 
by Union troops under Gen. Reynold ■ 
and Col. Wilder. 

22. .Majs. MeGee and White's troops 
encoanlered ;>00 rebs. near Stnisburg, 
Va., and defeated them. Rebel loss f) 
killed, S) wountled, and 25 prisoners. 
Uii on loss, 2. 

22. Six gunbo.iis and 12 barires passed 
the re 'td batteries at Vicksbnrg. 

2;{. Lieut. Cnshing, with a p.irty of men 
from the gunboul Commodoic Barney, 
had a skirmish with rebel cavalry near 
Cliuckituck, Va., with small loss. 

2;3. Skirmish at Beverly, Va. Loyal- 
ists un ler Col. Latham. 

24. Tuscnmbia, Al;i., occupied by Fed- 
er d forces under Col. Dodge. 

21. 4 rebel schooners ciptured off Mo- 
bile, Ala., by gimboat De Soto. 

24. Two rebel schooners captured neai' 
Kew Ldet, N. C, by U. S. steamer State 
of Gewiria. 

•21. Reliels defc:\ted at Weber Falls, 
Ark., by Col. Pnillips' troojts. 
■2;J-27. Gen. E'let's ' Miiine Brie-ide 



84. Onlv 100 per.sons saved. 

27. Fi-hi at Philipp i, West Virginia, 
by ('ol. Miilli;.C'in's Fi x'eral troops. 

27. Gen. llookei's army be'ran its 
inarch towards Fredericksltnrg. V^a. 

28. Hooker's army crossed llie Rappa- 
hannock. 

28. C ipture of 4 companies of Feder- 
als at ]\L>rgauloW!i, West Virginia. 

28. .\, rel)el regiment surprised nnd 
captured n(!ai' Jackson, Missouii, by artil- 
lery and Isl Iowa c;ivalry. 

28. Ski]■mi^h near .Mill Spring, Ken- 
tucky, by Co', .\dams" Feder.d (MValry. 

20. Two comp.mies of the lOO'h New 
York, in garrison at Fairmomit.W. Va., 
were C.I jilu red by n l)els under Jac:<si)n 
•Hid Imbodeii, after .-i brave I'esisiance in 
which ilie rebels sitlereil severely. 

20. Gen. .Jackson (U'st roved the rail- 
road bridges on the Monongaliela river. 

29. Bonibirdment of Grind Gulf, 
Miss., by Porter's fleet. Rebel wor'o 
greatly d.imagi'd. P'leet cousi ler d)ly 
injured, 20 killed and many wounded. 

'SO. Gen. Grant's army lands rear Port 
Gibson, M)>s. 

80. Rel)el battery on the Nansemond 
river silenced. 



30. .52 Unicm cavalry, the Gth N. Y., 
made a succes-^f d exnedit^on up the Te'->-'Lieut.-Col. Mc ■ icar, captured near Spot- 
nessee river, destroying the towns of -sylvaniH. Va. hS others cut their way 
lluub.u-g and Kasli»ori, and a large sioc out. C<d. McVicar was killed. 



of war material. The rebels were de- 
feated in an attack on the vessels while 
returning, losing 10 killed and 20 wound- 
ed. Fe/ieral loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded. 

24. Skirmishing near Sullolk, Va. 

24. Unionists defeated at Heverly, Va. 

2."). Rebel shore batteries at Duck riv- 
er siioals, Tenn. river, silenced by srun- 
boats. 2.') rebels killed and wounded. 



;}0. Skirmish near Williamsl)urg, Va. 
Rebels defeated by Col. R. iM. VVesl's 
troops. 

30. A. portion of Gen. Hooker's Mrmy 
crossed the Rippanannock at Freder- 
icksburg, Va., and aber slight resistance 
look possession of the i itle-jiits below the 
city .and capluied TiOO prisoners. 

May 1. Attack on \'an Dorn's rebel 



25. Fight at Greenland Gap, Va. Reb- pickets by Fed. cavalry under Col. Camp- 
els severely punished by 23(1 Illinois,! bell, near Fraiddin, Tenn. ;^Ooftheenc- 
Capt. Wallace. Imv killed and wounded, ana 11 captured. 

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THE -WAR FOR THE UNION. 



May, 186a 



May 1. Skirmish on the Nansemond 
river, near Suffolk, Va. The 9l)th N. Y., 
Col. Nixon, dcfeati'il rebs.wilh severe loss. 
Union Io.-js 41 in killed and wounded. 

1. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss. Gen. 
Grant's arnij' defeat eil the troops of Gen. 
J. S. Uowen. Reb. loss 1,500 in killed, 
wounded and prisoners. 

1. Fi-ht at Monticello, Ky. 5,000 
Feds, under Gen. Carter defeated Col. 
JMorrison's troops, with small loss on 
either side. 

1. Heavy artillery skirmishing between 
the armies of Gen. Hooker and Gen. Lee, 
at Chancellorsvilie, Va. 

1. Skirmish near La Grange, Ark. 3rd 
Iowa cavalry, Capt. De ilutf, defeated, 
with lobs of 41 killed, wounded, and 
missing. 

3. Gen. Sedgwick's corps of the Army 
of Va. attack(!d the reb. works on the 
heii^hts, in the rear of Fredericksburg, 
and carried them after a desperate strug- 
gle, in which the Fed. loss was over 
2,000 in killed and wounded. 

2. iMarm;i(luke's reb. army overtaken 
by Gen. McNeill at Chalk 151uff, on the 
Ark., and driven into Ark. 

2 Col. Grierson's cavalry arrived at 
Baton Rouge, La., after a raid of 15 days 
tl'rough Miss., defeating the rebs. in sev 
eral encounters. 

2. Artillery skirmish on the Nanse 
mond river, Va., by Gen. Getty's troops 
and reb. threes. 

2-3. Battle of Chancellorsvilie, Va. 
The army of Gen. Lee attacked the Fed. 
forces under Gen. Hooker, and after a 
series of sanguinary contests, the Union 
army was compelled to retire, and re- 
crossed the Riippahannock. Very heavy 
loss on both sides. 

2-7. Great Fed. cavalry raid within 
the rebel lines, from Gloucester Point, 
Va., on the soutb, and the Alleghany 
ridge on the west. Many bridges, and 
an inunense quantity of telegraph line 
Ihrouirliout tiie route, were destroyed, 
and many prisoners, and 1,000 horses 
taken. 

3. Col. Streight, with 1,500 Fed. troops, 
after inflicting serious loss to the enemy, 
by a raid of 20 days through Georgia, 
and * ' 'vima, was captured near Gads- 
de; , Ala. 

b ..>..iiuii9h near Suffolk, Va. 13th 
N. H., and »Oth N. Y., captured reb. rifle 
pits. 

3. Gen. Mosby's reb. cavalry attacked 
Col. de Forest's cavalry at Warrentown 
Jimclion, and were defeated by the lat- 
ter with heavy loss. 



3. Fed. gunboats repulsed in an attack 
on Haines's Bluff, cm the ]\Iiss. Several 
of the vessels budly damaged, and 80 of 
their men killed and wounded. 

3. Reb. batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., 
evacuated by the enemy, and taken pos- 
session of by Admiral Porter. 

3. The ship Sea Lark burned by the 
Alabama. 

Col. Montgomery's colored troopa 
returned to Beaufort, S. C, from a raid 
up the Combahee river, having cajjtured 
800 slaves, and destroyed $1,500,000 of 
property. 

4. Capt. H. Dwight killed by rebels 
after surrendering, near Washington, La. 

4. The battle near Fredericksburg, 
Va., continued, the rebs. recovering 
nearly all the defences back of the town. 

5. Riot at Dayton, Ohio, consequent on 
the arrest of C. L. Vallandigham, by 
military authority. 

5. A rel)el company captured at Pet- 
tie's Mills, N. C, by 3d N. Y. cavalry. 

Fort de Russ}', on the Red river, 
captured by Admiral Porter. 

6. All of Gen. Hooker's arm)'' retreated 
to ihe north bank of the Rappahannock 
river. 

6. Alexandria, Miss., occupied by Na- 
tional forces under Admiral Porter. 

6. Fight near Tupelo, Miss., lx;tween 
Gen. Ruggles' reb. cavalry, and Col. C'or- 
nyn's troops. Rebs. defeated, losing 90 
prisoners. 

6. Steamer Eugenia captured by Fed. 
gunboat Cuyler, off" Mobile, Ala. 

7. Steamer Cherokee captured off 
Charleston, S. C, by U. S. gunboat Ca- 
nandaigua. 

7. Col. Kilpatrick's cavalry, after 
marching around Lee's army, arrived at 
Gloucester Point, Va. 

7. Rcconnoissance from the Peninsula 
to White House: some prisoners retaken 
from the rebs. 

8. The ship Crazy Jane captured in 
Tampa Bay, Fla., by U. S. gunboat Ta- 
li oma. 

8. Rebel Gen. Earl Van Dorn was 
killed by Dr. Peters, of Maury Co., Tenn. 

8. An attack on Port Hudson com- 
menced by Fed. fleet. 

9. Col. McCook's 2d Ind. cavalry cap- 
tured 8 rebels scouting near Stone river, 
Tenn. 

10. Death of rebel Gen. " Stonewall " 
Jackson, from wounds received at the 
battle of Chancellorsvilie. 

10. Port Hudson assault renewed; 
rebel batteries silenced. 

11. Fight at Greasy Creek, Ky. CoL 



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May, 1863. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



Jacobs' Pcv'^. troops defeated by Mor-I Iff. The 1st KY. mounted rifles routed 
gaa's cavalry. Union loss, 2~) killed and^ with considerable loss near StitFolk, Va. 



Avounde.l. Rebel loss greater. 

11. Crystal Springs, Miss., burned by 
Fed civalry. 

11. Riyiiiond, Miss., captured by Gen. 
McPliL'r-on's Fi-d. troops. Union loss, 
51 killi-d, 181 woiind.'d. Rebel loss, 75 
kill -d, 2yd woiin led, 18i.J prisoners. 

12. Skirmisli near Franklin, Ky. Rebs. 
defe ited. 

Vi. Col. Breckinridge's Fed. Tenn. 
civalry defeated rebels at Linden, on 
Tenn. river, capturin,' -10 and killing 3. 

13. Rebel guerrillas and Indians at- 
tacked at Pontcliatoula, La., by Col. 
D.ivis, wlio desiro3'ed their camp, and 
took 17 prisoners. 

13. Skirmish at SouHi Union, Ky. 
Rebels attack a train, and are worsted. 

13. Yaz)0 City, Miss., was captured 
by F.'d. gunboats und^r Lieut. Walker, 
and |'.J,OJJ,000 of prop u-Ly destroyed. 

14. Gen. Johns'on's army defeated 
near Jackson, Miss., by Gen. Grant's 
F^d. army. Rebel loss, 401) men, 17 
pieces of artillery. 

14. S.'Cirinisli at Fairfax Court House, 
Va., by Fed. troops with Black Horse 
cavalry. 

14. Hammond Station, La., destroyed 
by Fed. troops. 

15. Jackson, Miss., occupied by Fed. 
tro;)p^. 

15. Rebels defeated at Camp Moore, 
La., by Col. Davis's Fi'd. troops. 

15 Wm. Corbin and T. P. Graw hung 
at Joimson's IsUnd, O. ; f(»und guilty of 
re^ruicm^ for the reuel service within the 
Union lines. 

15. Fed. dispatch t)oats Emily and 
Arrow captured by rebels on the Albe- 
m.ude and Clicsapeake canal. 

15. The ship Crown Point burnt bj' 
the privateer Florida. 

15. Several severe cavalry skirmishes 
near C irrsville and Siffolk, Va., by Gen. 
Peck's troops witli rebels. 

15. A delachmeut of U. S. cavalry 
captured at Charleston, Va., who were 
afterwards rescued by a force from Gen. 
Milroy's commind, who also look 40 
rebel pris()ners. 

IG. A skirmish at Brady ville Pike, near 
Crii)ple creek, Teun. Gen. Palmer's 
Union Tenn. cavalry attacked part of 3d 
Geor.cia, un ler Col. Thompson, killing 
several, and taking 18 prisoners. 

16. Skirmish at Berry's Ferry, Va. 
16 of 1st N. Y. cavalry!^ Lieut. Vermil- 
li<m, defeated 22 rebels, killing 2, wound- 
ing 5, and capturing 10. 



It). Rebel steamer Cuba destroyed by 
gunboat De Soto in the Gu f of Jle.xico. 

16. The battle of Champion Hill, or 
Baker's creek, Miss. Gen. Grant's troops 
defeated rebel army under Gen. Pember- 
ton, who lost 4,000 men ;ind 29 cannon, 
and retreated behind Big Black river. 

10. Battle at Big Black river. Miss. 
Gen. Peml)erton's army defeated with 
loss of 2,()00 men and 17 cannon, and 
driven Mdthiu the intrenchments at 
Vicksburg, by Gen. Grant's army. 

16. Jackson, Miss., evacuated by Fed. 
troops. 

16. Rebel schooner Isabel seized ofiF 
Mobile, and 16 men captured, by U. S. 
steamer R. R. Cuyler. 

16. Rebel guerrillas destroyed oil 
springs and other property at Burning 
Springs, Wirt Co., Va 

16. Col. Breckinridge, with. 55 loyal 
W. Tenn. cavalry, attacked a rebel force 
at Linden, on the Teun. river, capturing 
35 prisoners, and destroying their camp 
and stores. 

17. Richmond, Clay Co., Mo., was at- 
tacked by rebel troops, who captured 3 
companies of the 25th >Io. 

18. Vicksburg invested by "the Union 
army. 

18. Two companies of 3d Kansas artil- 
lery, Maj. Ward, defeated by rebels near 
Sherwood, Mo., and 26 of the soldiers 
killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. 

18. Haines' Biulf, on the Yazoo river, 
captured by Admiral Porter. 

18. National troops tired into each 
other by mistake near Deserted House, 
Va. 3 killed and 4 wounded of the 
irOih N. Y. 

19. Skirmish near Winchester, Va. 
Gen. Milroy's Fed. cavalry killed 6 and 
captured 7 of the enemy. 

19. Spanish steamer Union captured 
by U. S. gunboat Nashville. 

20. Rebel rillepits on the north side of 
Vicksburg captured by Gen. Steele. 

20. Skirmish by pickets between Fay- 
etteville and Raleigh, Va. 

20. Skirmish near Fort Gibson, Ark. 
Price's troops defeated by Feds, under 
Col. Phillips. 

20. Steamer Eagle capture! near Nas- 
sau, N. P., by gunboat Oclorora. 

20. Two rebel regiments attacked at 
Middletown, Tenn., by Fed. cavalry 
under Gen. Staidey. The enemy routed, 
losing 8 killed, 90 pris. and 200 horses. 

21." Richmond and Plattsburg, Mo., 
plundered by rebels. 



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May, 18fa3 



May 21. Vicksburg fully invested by 
TJniou troop-. 

21. A rebel camp broken up near Mid- 
dlutown, Temi., by 103d 111. 11 rebels 
captured. 

21. Port Hudson, Miss., besieged by 
Fed. troops under Gen. Banks, after sirarp 
skiruusiiing with tlic enemy while march- 
ing froui LJaton liouge. 

22. Gen. Grant's army repulsed with 
heavy loss in an attempt to siorm the 
fortiticalions at Vicksburg. 

22. Col. Kilpatrick's Fed. cavalry re- 
turned to Gloucester Point, after a suc- 
ce.ssful raid into Gloucester and Matthew 
counties, Va., destroying much property. 

22-2o. Col. Jones, 58th Pa., engaged 
and defeated the rebels at Gum Swamp, 
N. C, capturing 1G5 prisoners with mili- 
tary stores. Fed. loss, 2 killed, G wounded. 

24. Austin, Miss., burned by Union 
forces under Gen. EUct. 

24. A Fed. wagon train with 30 colored 
troops was captured near Shawnee creek, 
Kansas. 

24. Gen. Schofield appointed to super- 
cede Gen. Curtis in command of the De- 
partment of the West. 

24. Skirmish on the Mississippi river, 
6 miles above Austria. Gen. EilelV 
marine brigade defeated a reljel force, 
who lost 5 killed, 3 prisoners. Union 
loss 2 killed, 10 wounded. 

25. Skirmish near Hartford, Ky. 
25. Skirmish at Senatol)ia, Miss. Col. 

McCrellis defeated a rebel force, who lost 
a killed and 3 wounded. 

2G. Col. Wilder's Fed. regiment de- 
feated Breckinridge's cavalry near Mc- 
Miniiville, Tenn., and captured u number 
of prisoners. 

25-27. Fed. gunboats under Lt. Walk- 
er, after capturing Haines' Blutf, ascend- 
ed to Yazoo City, Miss., and destroyed 3 
rebel steamers and a large ram, not fin- 
ished. Also the navy yard and naval 
stores. 

2G. Destruction of the U. 8. gunboat 
Cincinnati by rebel batteries at Vicks- 
burg. 35 of her crew killed and w. 

27. Gen. Banks' army defeated in an 
assault on the reb. works at Port Hudson. 

27. Col. Cornyn's Fed. command de- 
feated Gen. Roddy's troojis at Florence, 
Ala., capturing 100 soldiers, 300 negroes, 
400 mules, and destroying reb. property. 

28. First colored regiment from the 
North left Boston. 

28. The 8lh 111.. Col. Clendonin. re- 
turned to the army of the Potomac from 
uii ex]) dition on tlie banks of the Kap- 
pahuuuock and Potomac rivers, below fa.\, Va 

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Frede'ricksburg, Va., having destroyed 
one million dollars of property, and 
brought into camp 810 uegroe-j. 

28." Wolford's Fed. cavalry defeated 
near Somerset, Ky. 

28. Skirmish near Doniplian, Mo. 
13th HI. cavalry, Major Lippert, defeiled 
with loss of 80 of their number in killed, 
woimded, and missing. 

20. Skiruiish by 1st Vt- cavalry with 
Stuart's cavalry, near Thoroughfaie 
Gai), Va. 

30. Rebel Col. ]\Iosby, with 200 cav- 
alry, afier destroying a Govenunent train 
at Catlelt's Station, V.i., was overtaken 
near Greenwich by Col. Maur, of the 7ih 
.Mich, cavaliy with N. Y. and Vt. troops, 
and disi)ersed with the loss of their ean- 
no!i. Fed. lo.ss, 17 killed and wounded. 

30. A train of IG cars from .Vle.x iiulria, 
Va., was destroyed by rebel guerrillas 
near Warrenton Junction. 

30. A rebel camp near Carthage, Tenn., 
surprised by the 2()th Ohio, who cai)tured 
22 prisoners and 35 horses. 

30. The town of Tappaliannock, Va., 
captured by Fed. gunboats, who de- 
stroyed rebel stores. 

31. Guerrillas defesded with tlwj loss 
of 10 men by militia in Lincoln Co., iMo. 

31. Fed. gunboat Alert exploded and 
sunk at Norlblk, Va. 

31. Cavalry expedition captured 16 
rebels near Monti(;ello, Ky. 

31. Successful raitl of Col. Kilpitrick's 
Fed. cavalry from Yorktown to Urbana, 
Va., bringing in 1000 negroes and 300 
horses. 

June 1. Blair's reconnoisance in search 
)f Joe Johnston returns, having been 
unsuccessful. 

1. Skirmishing in Howard Co., Mo. 

2. 3,000 rebel prisoners arrive at In- 
lianapolis, Ind. 

2. Gen. Burnside prohibited the circu- 
lation in his Department of the N. T. 
WorUl and the Chimgo Times. 

2. West Point, Va., evacuated by the 
Union troop.s. 

3. Indian (rebel) prisoners arrive in 
Xew York. 

3. New York Supreme Court decide 
against legal tender notes. 
' 3. Mass convention of Peace Demo- 
crats at New York. 

3. Admiral Foole ordered to relieve 
Admiral Dupont at Charleston. 

3. Skirmisli near .Manchester, Tenn. 

3. Bombardment of Port Hudson con- 
tinued. 

4. Itebel guerrillas defeated near Fair- 



June, 1863. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



4. R1iin'lon,S.C.,V>nmcdbyUnion troops. Frederick, Md., in which many lives 

4. Fi^lit at Satiirtiii, Miss. 100 rebels were lost from lic;it and exhauslion. 
taken l>y Gen. Kimball. j 13. Union gunboats shell the shores of 

4. Simmoiisport, La., destroyed byuJames river. 
Federal u;uMboats. 13. Darien, Ga., burned by Federalists. 

4. Siiiuiliaiieous attacks on the Federal! 13. Union cavalry captured near Port 
carrisons at Franklin and Triune, Tenn., Hudson. 



wliich were repulsed in both instances 
with severe loss to the rebels. 

4. Col. Wilder's n)ouiited infantry 
broke up a rebel camp at Liberty, Tenn., 
caiituriir.c (13 men and their lu)rses. 

5. A division of Hooker's arnw cross 
the 11 ip!>ahannock and captured DO pris 
on Ts. Fed. loss 35 in k. and w. 

5. Raid to Warwick river, Va. Rebel 
boats destroyed. 

0. Fiiilit at Milliken's Bend. Miss. Reb. 
G n. .McCulloui,di, with 3,500 men, at- 
tacked 'S negro reirimeuts and 3;Jd Iowa. 
Heavy loss on both sides. Rebs. defeated. 

8. District of the Frontier set off and 
given lo Gen. Blunt. 

8. 3 reb. sjues sliot at Franklin, Tenn. 

8. Recounoissauce on the Ciiickahom- 
iny. 

!) E.vplosion in Fort Lyon, near Alex- 
andria, Va. 30 men killed. 

9. Skirmish at Triune, Tenn. Rebels 
repulsed. 

9. Severe cavalry fight at Beverly 
Ford, ou the R:ii>paliannock river, Va., in 
M'bich Gen. Buford's Fed. troojis defeat 



13- Skirmish near Middletown, Va. 
Rebels del'eated. 

13. Rebel privateer Clarence cajUured 
G vessels off tlie Chesapeake. 

Vi. Attack on Morris Island by Fed, 
guubonts. 

13. Rebels attack Fed. troops on Folly 
(Island. 

1:5. Rebels plunder a railroad train at 
Elizabelhlown, Ky. 

13. Skirmish on Slate creek, Ky. Union 
defeat. 

13. Skirmish and rebel defeat near 
Boston, Ky. 

14. Assault on Port Hudson by Gen. 
Banks' troops, in wliich they were re- 
pulsed with heavy loss. 

14. Capture of Wiuchester,Va. by reb. 
troops. Defeat of Gen. Milroy's army, 
who lost 3,000 men, and all his artillery 
and stores. 

14. English and Austrian consuls sent 
away from Richmond, Va. 

14. Rebel raid upon Maysville, Kv. 

15. President Lincoln calls for 100,000 
men for six months from Piu, Md., W. 



ed Gi^n. Stuart's command with heavjiVa., and Ohio, to resist invasion, which 



loss on both sides. 

9. Gen. Carter's Fed. troops defeated 
Gen. Pegram's army at Monticello, Tenn. 

10. An enrolling officer murdered at 
ManviJle, lud. 

10. Rebs. repulsed at Lake Providence 
by negro troops. 

11. Preparations in Pa. to repel rebel 
invasion. 

11. Rebel cavalry crossed the Potomac 
at Poolesville, Md., but were driven 
back. 

11. Peace Democratic meeting in 
Brooklyn. 

11. Vallandigham nominated for Gov- 
ernor of Ohio. 

11. Lee's army began to move up the 
Ra;ipahannock. 

11. Rebels attack Triune, Tenn., and 
are rei>ulscd. 

11. Stc'UMer Maple Leaf, while convey- 
ing rebel (jflieers as pi"ooners from Fort- 
ress Monroe to Fort Delaware, was 
seized, and 64 effected their escape. 

11-lG. Gen. Lee's army crossed the 
Poiomac, and invaded Md. and Pa. 

13-30. Forced march of the army of 
the Potomac from the Rappahannock to 



were promptly furnished. 

15. Enrollment resisted in Boone Co., 
lud. 

15. The rebel troops who attacked 
Maysville were overtaken ; their plunder 
and one hundred prisoners taken. 

15. Rebel troops entered Chambers- 
burg, Pa. 

17. Severe cavalry skirmish near Aldie, 
Loudcm Co.,Va., in which the rebels were 
defeated with loss, and eighty-five taken 
prisoners. 

17. Capture of rebel iron-clad ram Fin- 
gal, or Atlanta, by monitors Wechawken 
and Patapsco, in Warsaw Sound, S. C, 
180 prisoners takcm. 

17. Cavalry tight at Thoroughfare 
Gap. Va. 

17. Skirmish on the Blackwater. 

17. Rioters in Holmes Co., Ohio, resist 
the enrol! nient. 

17. Skirmish near Big Black Bridge, 
Miss. 

17. Fight with guerrillas near Wes* 
port, Mo. 

18. 1700 of Milroy's men arrive safely 
It Bedford. Pa. 

18. Skirmishing near Aldie. 



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THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 



June, 1863. 



June 18. Rebels burn canal boats at 
Ilancock, ^Id. 

18. Siiifill skirmishes with Lee's inva- 
ders in Maryland. 

18. Union defeat near Hernando, Miss. 

19. Rebel cavalry cross tlie Oliio into 
Harrison Co., Ind. ; 50 of them cap- 
tured. 

20. Gen. Schenck suppresses disloyal 
papers in Baltimore. 

20. Vicksburi; bombarded. 

20. N. Y. packet siiip Isaac Webb 
captured by rebel steamer Tacony, and 
released on bond. 

21. Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry eniraired 
rebel cavalry near Middleburi^.Va. Feds, 
victorious, capturing 80, and killing or 
•wounding 150 of the enemy. 

21. Brilliant cavalry tight, and rebels 
whipped at Aldic Gap. 

21. Skirmish near New Baltimore. 
'Uni<m re|)Mlsp. 

31. Skirmish at Low Creek, W. Va. 
Rebels beaten. 

21. Rebs. defeated at Lafourche cross- 
in<r. La. 

22. Skirmish at Frederick, Md. Rebs, 
driven out. 

2i-23. Twelve fishing vessels de- 
Btroyed .'•(T Martlia's Vineyard, Mass., by 
rebel steamer Tacony. 

23. Col. S. II. Saunders arrived at 
Boston, Ky., with bis command, tifter a 
Successful raid into PI Tenn., having de- 
stroyed the raih-oads and bridges in 
maiiy places, and captured sevtTal can- 
non, 1,000 stand of arms, and 500 prison- 
ers. 

23. Skirmish near Gettysburg. 

23. Gunboat Sumter sunk by accident 
off Cape Henry. 

24. Rebels advance to Shippensburg 
and llagerstown. 

24 Union raid force returned from 
N. Miss., after mucli succes.'^. 

24. Gen. Rosecians' army in motion. 
Skirmishes at Guy's Gap and Liberty 
Pike. 

24. Col. Hoover's mounted infantry 
defeated the rebels at Hoover's Gap, 
Tenn, routing them with heavy loss. 
Fed. loss, 45 killed and wounded. 

24. Gen. Willicli's Fed. brigade de- 
feated rebels at Lil)erty Gap, Tenn. 
Fed. loss, 50. The fight renewed next 
day. and rebs. defeated with severe loss. 
Fed. loss, 40 killed, 100 wounded. 

25. Rebels near Carl isle,. Pa. 

26. Rebels occupy (iettysburg. 
26. Unionists evacuate Carlisle. 

20. Skirmish at South Anna, Va. Gen. 
W. F. Lee (rebel) and 110 men, 300 



liorsos, and 35 wagons captured by Col. 
Spear, lltii Pa. cavalry. 

26. Death of Admiral Foote. 

26. RelK'ls occupy York and threaten 
Harrishurg. 

26. The inhabitants of York. Pa., were 
levied on by rebel Gen. Ewell for large 
sums of money, clothing, and provis- 
ions. 

26. Gen. Meade superseded General 
Hooker in conunand of tlie army of the 
Potomac. 

27. The Potomac army northwest of 
Baltimore. 

27. Cavalry fight at Fairfax. Union 
defeat. 

27. Rosecrans' army occupy ]VIan- 
chester, Tenn., after slight resistance. 
Also, Slielbyville. . 

28. Rebels capture a train near Rock- 
ville, Va.. with 150 wagons and 900 
uuiles. Also, sutler's stores at Annan- 
dale, Va. 

28. Skirmish at Columbia bridge, on 
ihe Susqueliannah, Pa. 200 of Col. 
Frick's Fed. troops captured. 

28. Enrollment in Indiana enforced by 
military. 

28. Relxils defeated at Donaldsville, La, 

29. Rebels driven from Decherd, Tenn, 

30. Mines exi)loded and rebel out- 
works breached at Vicksburg. 

30. Cavalry fight at Hanover. 

July 1. Rebels repulsed in attack on 
Carlisle, Pa. 

1. First conflict at Getty.sburg. Rebel 
ulvance checked. Gen. Reynolds k. 

1. Bragg retreats before Rosecrans. 
Tullalioma occupied by Fed. advance. 

1. Engagement at Hanover Junction, 
Pa., between Gen. Pleasantcm's Fed. cav- 
il ry and Gen. Stuart's forces. Rebs. de- 
feated. 

2. Skirmish at Bottom's Bridge, Va. 
2-3. Defeat of rebel Gen. Lee's army, 

near Gettysburg, Pa., by Gen. Meade's 
army, after a sanguinary conflict, in 
wliich 40,000 men were k. or w. 

4. Surrender of Vicksburg, JMiss.. to 
Gen. Grant, with 30,000 men, under Gen. 
P(,'mberton, aiul a large supply of arms 
and ammunition. Tlie rebel army was 
paroled. 

4. Assault on Helena, Ark., by rebel 
Gens. Marmaduke, Price and Holmes, 
with 6,000 men, who were signally de- 
feated by Gen. Prentiss's garrison, who 
took 1 ,000 prisoners, and killed or wound- 
ed 500 of the enemy. 

3-10. Raid of Gen. Morgan into Ind., 
destroying a large amount of prop- 
erty. 



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July, 1863. 



CnRONOLOGr. 



5. Rear-guard of Gen. Johnston's army,' Kilpiit rick's cavalry attacked a rah. force 
nmnbiTini^ 4,000 men, captiiri'd by Gen. jof infantry, artillery, and iiorse, dc-feating 
Grant's forces, near Bolton, Miss. itliem, and c:i[)tiniil^^ l.:!00 prisoners, and 

5. Val! mdigliam arrives at Halifax. killiiiLj and wounding i;jO. Fed. loss, ^'J 
5. Raid from New bern to Warsaw, N.C.killed, 30 wounded. ' • 

7. Great e.vcilemcnl in Louisville. 15. Cav. skirmish near Cliarlestown.Vu. 



Morgan said to l)e coming. 

7. Two steamboats captured by rebels 
at Br iiid 'iibiirg. Ivy. 

7. 15r igg retreats across the Tennessee, 
destroying the Bridgeport bridge. 

S. Surrender of Port Hudson, 3Iiss, 
•with its garrison of Ui.'JOO men, under 
Gen. Gardiier, to Gen. ]}anks. 

8. Cavalry skirmish near Boouesboro', 
Md. 

10. Gilmore lands on Morris Island, 
all the rebel works except Forts 



takin^^ 

Wagiii.'r and Gregg, which are shelled 

by I lie numitors. 

10. Union forces occupy Jackson, Miss. 

10. Rebels defeated at Big creek, Ark. 

10. Cavalry light on the old Autielam 
field. 

10. Lee in forlificaticms opposite Wil- 
liam ■;i)ort. 

10. .Morgan burns depot at S;ilcm,Ind. 

11. 3Iorgin burns railroad bridge at 
Vicuna, Ind 

11. R-|)ulse of Gen. Gilmore's forces 
as.sialt. ng Fort Wagner, S. C. 

1'3. Col. H itch's 3d I()w"a cavalry de- 
feated a boily of rebel cavalry near Jack- loss of 700 men, k., w. and missin, 
Bon, M;s3. 'Fed. loss, 13' killed and' 19. Engagement at \Vytlievilie,"W.Va., 
wo indi-d. Rebel loss, 175 killed and by Fed. c:vvalry under Cols. Tolland and 
•woimd 'd, and 400 conscripts released. I Powell, who destroyed the Va and Tenn. 

li. .M arg^aii gels inio Oliio. j railroad and defeated the rebel forces. 

13. M irlial law in Cincinnati, Newport Fed. loss, 05 kilh.'d and wounded. Rebel 



15. Dr.aft riots in Troy and Boston. 

15. A uiuv(;rsal conscription of all Iho 
while men in the Confederate Slates l)e- 
tween the ages of 18 and 45. sul.ject to 
military duty, ordered by J"lf. Davis. 

li). Rebels defeated near Fort Gibson, 
Ark. 

10. Rebel dash upon Hickman, Ky. 

17. Orders given to enforce the draft 
at all hazards. 

17. lluntsville, Ala., taken by Union 
troops. 

17. Rebels evacuate Jackson, Miss., 
which was occupied by Gen. Sherman's 
forces after severe ligliting for 4 days 
with Johnston's army. 

17. Defeat of rebel Gen. Cooper's army 
at Elk creek, Ark., !)y Gen. Blum's force.s. 
Rebel loss, 400 kilfed or wounded, 60 
prisoners. Federal loss, 10 killed and 35 
wounded. 

18. Raid from Newbern into N. C. 
18. 400 rebels captured at Rienzi, Miss. 
18-19. B(;mhar(lment and assault on 

Fort Wagner, S. C, in which Gen. Gil- 
more's troops were repulsed, with the 



ami Covington 

13. Fight at Jackson, Miss. 

1;J-17. Great Draft Riot in New York. 
25 or 30 buildings destroyed. The Tri 



los.-;, 75 killed, and 150 pristjuers. 

19. Fighting with Mcu'gan al Buffing- 
ton Island. 300 of his men taken. 

^0. Basil Duke and a portion of Mor- 



buM otlice assailed. Colored Orjihan gan's force taken near Pomerov, O 

As>'!um burned, several negroes killed,! 31. Joe Johnston retreats to Brandon, 

and 130 stores and dwellings were sacked Miss. 

by the mo!). Tue city railroads were] 31. Union raid to Tar river and Rocky 

8loi);)ed, and all the principal factories and Mount, N. C. 

shops compelWid lo suspend work for sev-j 83. Skirmish near Nolan's Ferry on 

eral days. The disturbance was quelled by the Potomac. 

the military and police, after 35 of tlie| 32. Skirmish at Chester Gap, Va. by 

military and officers were killed or seri-jGen. Spinola's Fed. brigade. 

ously wounded, and 150 of the rioters. 33. Brashear City, La., recaptured by 

13. 'jen. Liu.n.inii's divisa)n of Gen. Union gunboats. 
Sherai Ill's army corps incautiously ad-j 23. Eagau^ement at Manassas Gap, Va. 
vane -d 'o an cvposed positi(m in front;300 rebels killed or wounded, 00 prla. 



of the '-ebel works at Jackson, Miss., and 
lost 30 ) men in killed and wounded. 

13. Y iz)o City taken by Fed. troops. 

13. Union defeat at Bayou Lafourche, 
La. 310 taken i)risoners. 

13. Lee's army crosses the Potomac. 

14 Fight at Falling Waters, Va. Gen. 



24. Skirmish with JMorgans men at 
Washington, O. 

35. The furloughs granted to the ma- 
jority of rebel paroled prisoners at Vicks- 
burg, rescinded by Gen. Pemberton, and 
the men ordered to report at headquar- 
ters within 15 or 20 days. 
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THE WAK FOR THE UNION. 



July, 1863. 



July 26. Rebs. defeated at Lexington, 
Tenn. 

26. Ciipture of Gen. Mori^an with the 
reniaincliT of his cavahy (400) near New 
Lisbon, ()., by Col. Sliaclvlctord. 

37. Kubi'ls drive Union forces out of 
Riclniiond, Ky. 

28. Ueaili of Senator W. L. Yancey, 
near ^loutgonier)', Ala. 

29. Capiiire of 29 wagons with sutlers' 
stores at Fairfax Court House, Va., by 
Mosby's guerrillas, which weie recap- 
tured by 2d Mass. cavalry on the next 
day. 

29. Defeat of Gens. Pegrani s and 
Scott's rel)el forces while attacking Fed 
troops at Paris, Ky. 

30. Death of Brig.-Gen. Strong, in 
New York, from wounds received in the 
attack on Fort Wagner, S. C, July 19 

30. Pres. Lincoln by proclaiUMlion, or- 
dered the iuiprisonuieiit at hard labor of 
rebel prisoueis, in retaliation for violation 
of the laws of war toward colored sol- 
diers. 

31. Lee's and Meade's armies again on 
the RijipiilKiiinock. 

31. Rebels take Stanford, Ky., but are 
quickly driven out. 

Aug. 1. Severe engagement near Cul- 
pepper, Va., by Fed. cavalry, infantry, 
and artillery, under Gen. Bui'ord, with a 
similar reb. force, in which the loss was 
heavy on boUi sides. 

1. GO wagons loaded with forage were 
burned by rebs. at Slamforil, Ky. 

1. Reb. Col. Ashby and 350 men were 
captured near the Cumberland river, Ky., 
by C.)l. Sanders. 

2. The Eulans Perdus, of N. Y., cap- 
ture ."(O!) rebs. at Folly Island. 

3. Skirmish near Kelly's Fonl. 

4. Steamer Rulh accidentally burned 
below Cairo. 

4. Skirmish near Brandy Station. 

4. Itectmno usance up the James river, 
Va., by monitor S uigainon, gunboat 
Com. Barney, and tug Cohasset. Tlie 
vessels met with a severe tire from the 
enemy's troojis lining the banks, but re 
turned with slight loss of life ; the Bar- 
ney badly injured. 

5. Union raid upon Woodville, Miss. 

6. Gen. Sible}'- reported 3 b ittles, and 
defeat of hostile Indians in .Minnesota. 

(J. A. day appointed by Pres. Lincoln 
for National thanksgiving and praise, in 
gratitude for signal victories obtained by 
the Fed. arm:t!S. 

10. Admiral Farragut arrived with his 
flagship at N. Y. 

12. Robert Toombs publishes a letter 



of this date exposing the bankruptcy of 
the Confederacy. 

14. Several Onion signal oflicers cai> 
tured near Warrenion, Va. 

14. Gen. Giimore tri<'d the range of 
his lieav\'4^uns loward Fort Sumter. 

15. Union cavalry returned to Co: intli, 
.Miss., with 250 prisoners just conscripted 
by Fcjrrest. 

Hi. Explosion of the " City of Madi- 
son," ammunition boat at Vicksburg; 
about 150 men killed. 

16. Severe bombardment of Fort 
Sumter by the monitors and Fed. bat- 
teries on Morris Isl. Com. Rogers killed 
on board the Calskill. 

17. Great destruction of railroad prop- 
erty nndordnaneestores at Granada, .Miss., 
by Federal troojis under Col. PhiUips. 

18. Union raid in North Carolma. 30 
rebs. killed near Pasquotank. 

19. Union raid ui)on Grenada, Miss. 
Great destruction ofr'ulroad proi)erty. 

19. Recommencement of the dral't in 
the city of N. Y., which hail been sus- 
[jeniled owing to the riot a month pre^ 
vious. 10,000 Fed. troops were stntioned 
in the vicinity of the city, iluring the 
drawing, which was completed Aug. 28. 

20. The town of Lawrence, Kansas, 
was sacked by rebs. under Quantrell. 13J 
eilizens murdeied, ami a large portion 
>)f the town burned. Qua;. Hell's band 
was pursued by Fed. troops, and over 
100 of them k.lled. 

21. Brig Bainbridge foundered. Only 1 
man saved. 

21. Chattanooga, Ala., besieged by Gen. 
Kosecran^ army. 

22. A raid to Pocithontas, Ark. 100 
rjbs. captured, including Gen. Jeif. C. 
fnompson and staff. 

22. Charleston, S. C, shelled by reb^I 
batteries on Morris Isl. 

23. Gen. Blunt cro.sscs Ark. river. Rebs. 
I'all back without tightnig. 

24. Cavalry skirmish below Fredericks- 
burg, Va. 

24. A squad of Union cavalry capiur'd 
lear Aunandale. 

21. Cavalry skirmish near Fairfix, Va. 

25. U. S. gunb )at3 Satellite and Re- 
liance captured by rebs. at the moudi of 

he Ilapp.dianno;:lv, Va. 

25. liebs. under Price and Marmaduko 
de;e,\ted at B.iyou -Metiare, Ark. 

26. Union expedition to Bottiun'a 
Britlge, Va. ; rebs. defeated and bridge 
destroyed. 

27. JohnB.FIoyd died at Abingdon,Va. 
27. Belle Boyd, a reb. spy, aricaled in 

Va. 



Aug., 1863. 



cnRONor.oGT. 



9. Union defeat at Tilford, Tcnn. 300 

5). Siincnder of Cumhorland Gap, 
'IVnn., to Geii. Burnsidc, with 2,0'J() pris- 
oners, find ii liirife supply of araiy stores. 

1). Cavidrv sUiniiisli at Aiiiiiics, near 
4 Feds. Idllcd, and 



27. An army train captured near Piiil- 
ipjii, W. Va., by rel)s. 

28. Uiiiou ca'inp eaptiired at Edwards' 
Ferry. Va. 

2,S. Fi^^ht near Warm S|)rinijs, Va. Heb. 
lo^s 20J 

'id. 5 deserters shot in the Army of llie[('lialtan()i)i,'a, Tenn 
Poionnc. ^ l'-3 wounded. 

;J<). 11 )seor ms' army erossed the Ten- 9. Ciiattaiiooga orenjiied by Gen. Crit- 
noss.'e near Chattanoo^■a. ten leu's corps of lloseerans' army. 

;U. Su'irni-! of ir K-rrillas in Western 10. Lilile Kock, Arii., eapturcdhy Fed. 
Teiiu., and on botli sides of the iliss. riv'r,|troojis under (Jen. S:.eele, and Gen, David- 
down lo IJi on Ii >age. son api)oinli'd miliary eommrinder. 

:U. Fort S;nitli, Arlc, taken by Gen. 1"1 Geu. Nei^ley's division was attacked 
Bhint. and driven throui;ii one of tlie i^aps of 

ojp:. 1. Union expedition in W. Va., Pidun'on .Mountain, Tenn., by the troops 



under ien. Averill, returns after general 
success. 

1. Ivnoxville, Tenn., occupied by the 
advance of Gen. IJurnsi le's army. 

1. R ;;>cl raid u)oa Brownsville, Tenn. 
The place plundered. 

2. Sviriu'ah at ihc II »lston river brili^e 
on the E. Tenn. and tra. railroad. The 
brid:^e burnt by Gen. Birnsi le's troop-;. 

2. Gau!»)its Sitellite and UeliiniK', 
latelv taken by tlie rebels, destroyed by 
a Un cm force. 

;!. K n^cson, Tenn., taken by Burnsile. 

o. Gju. Silly's Fed. troops defe ilcil 
Indi ms at Whitestonc ITall,on I he ujjper 
M -;-io i.'i, m I'ly of whom were icilled, 
and l")i) taken pris mers. Fed. loss, 20 
killed, and »•) wound d. 

4. Eutaasi islic revieption of Gen;'ral 
Bii-isi le ind liisarmy l)y the inhabitants 
of Ivnoxville, Tenn. 

5. Skirmish near M oorQeld, W. Va. 
No lo-ss. 

.■). Worn vu's bread riot in Mobile. 

7. G -u. B u'u-ii Ic tend v d his resigna- 
tion, which .vas not aceeptt-d. 

7. .V m ijjizaii^ exploded in Fort Moul- 
trit! by Ua on shells. 

7. .Slorrls Island was evacuat"d by reb. 
forces, and Fort Wa;,^ner and Battery 
G.'cg^ were .seiz -d by Gen. Gilmore, who 
took 75 prisoners, and 19 pieces of artil- 
lery. 

7. An assault was mile on Fort Sum- 
ter by i~)[) men in 20 i)>its from the Fi'd. 
fl'.ct, under C )m n uid r T. II. Stevens. 
The sailors were defeatjd with the loss 
of lit mea. 

8. The giuboits Clifon and Sachem 
attaehed lo an exp 'd t'on und.^r General 
Frank. in, groun led on the bar at Sabine 
Pass, Texas, and were captured by the 
enemv. 

8. Skirmish at B I'h, Va. 
8. Rebels defeated near Arkadelphia, 
ArL 



of Witters and .Stuart, of Bragg s army. 
Fed. loss in killed and wonndeil, 40. 

12. Union cavalry raid into Miss'ppi. 

12. Sabine Pass expedition returns to 
N. O., having utterly failed. 

lo. (Cavalry fight beyond Culpepper. 
40 rebels and 2 guns taken. Gen. Plea- 
santoa advanced to the Rapidan. 

i;j. Reljcl works at Grant's Pass, near 
.Mo die, shelled. 

14. Arkansas being rapidly cleared of 
rebels by G -n. lilunt. 

1 1. Tile Pi'csilent suspended the writ 
of habeas corpus. 

10. Skirmish along Rosecrans' lines. 
Little damage. 

17. Cavalry fight at Raccoon Ford. 
Union repulse. 

18. White's rebel cavalry routed at 
Warrenion, Va. 

18. Fi.iht at Reid's bridge on the 
CJhiekamauga creek, Tenn. Cols. Minty 
and \Vild(!r's troops were driven back by 
rebel infantry. 

19. Battle of Chickamauga commences. 

20. Battle of Chiekamauga rages furi- 
ou-;ly. Uuion armv defeated. 

20. Fight at Zoli'icolfer, Tenn. 

21. At niL^ht Rosecrans' army with- 
drew from Chiekamauga to Chattanooga. 
Bra^:L:: did not follow. 

21. Madison C. II., Va., occupied by 
Gen. Meade's cavalry. 

21. The rebels seized a steam-tug at 
South-west Pass, but it was rescued by 
Union troops. 

22. Cavalry fight and Union victory 
at Madison C. II., Va. 

22. Confederate cavalry crossed the 
Potomac near Rockville, but were driven 
back. 

23. Meade's army reached the Rapi- 
dan. 

23. 1,200 rebel prisoners who were 
captured at Cumberland Gap, arrived at 
Louisville. 



(75) 



THE WAE FOE THE UK ION. 



Oct., 1363. 



Sept. 25. Mosby breaks the railroad 
near Fairfax. 

25. Relitls driven out of Donaldson- 
ville, La. 

27. Steamer Robert Campbell burned 



8. Fight at Salem, Mias. Rebels drjvea 
off. 

9. Rebels make prreat effort* to cut 
RosecniOB' cjmmunications, but fail. 

«. Tbe overland Texas PX|H'.ition 



by rebels at Milliken'fi Bend. 25 livesjfnira New Orleans reaches Veruiillion- 

loBt. 

28. R'.>>el8 attack Bumside's ri^ht 
•wing near Knoxville. but ure repulsed. 

29. Gen. Hfxjker arrives in Cincinnati. 
2'J. Two Union regimenta defeated 

above Port Hud->on, La. 

yO. Delegation from Missouri visit the 



ville. 

10. Skirmish near Madison Court 
House, V^a. 

10. Fight at Blue Springs, near Knox- 
ville. 

10. Union raiding expedition, under 
Col. S. H. Mix, hiave Newbern, N. C 



President lo ask a change of c<.»mmander Return in a lew days enlirel}' success- 
in the We-teru Department. |ful. 

30. liebel cavalry repulsed in tr3'ing 11. About this time much fjghling 
to cross the Tennessee near Harrison's along the Memphis and Chstrleston rail- 



Landing. 

Oct. 1. Frequent skirmishes with 
guerrillas south of the Potomac. 

2. Bitile at Anderson's Cross-roads, 
Ky. Itebel cavalry whipped. 

2. Ilxpiosion of an ammunition train 
near Bndi;eport, Teun. 

2. Gen. Gill more moves his headquar- 
ters X'O Folly Island. 

3. Fight at McMinnville, Tenn. 
3. Greek fire thrown into Charleston. 

3. Guerrillas active near Glasgow, 

Ky- 

4. Four steamers burned at St. Louis 
by rebel incendiaries. 

'4. Exp'idiiion Irom Fortress Monroe 
to break up guerrilla bands. 

4. Rebels attempt to destroy Shelby- 
ville, Tenn. 

5. Rebels destroy a large railroad 
brid^ south of Murlreesboro'. 

5. The rebels boinhard Chattanooga 
from Lookout Mountain. 

5. Cavalry fight near New Albany, 
Ala. 

5. Reb<ls repulsed in an attack on 
Murfreesboro'. 

C. liebels whipped near Shelbyville, 
Tenn. 

G. Skirmish at Como, Tenn. 

6. Rebels attempt to destroy the New 
Ironsides with a torpedo. They fail ; 
their men taken. 

7. Federal Civalr}- ambuscaded near 
Harper's Ferry by Imboden. 

7. Part of Gen. Blunts escort whipped 
by the re'>els near Fort Scott. All who 
surrec'lered were murdered. 

7. Rebel steamers destroyed on Red 
river. 

8. CoJee nod Shelby, with re>jel 
guerrillas, plavdermg in Central Mis- 
souri 

8. Fight near Fa/-inLngham, Ky. Rebi 
deieaU^ 



road. ]i«'.bels generally defeat e.tl. 

12. Skirmishing along llie lin<"«on the 
R;ippHhann(x;k. Gen. Meade withdraws 
all ills army to the north bank. 

12. Skirmish at Black wnter, Mo. 

12. Fight at White Sulphur Springu, 
Va. 

13. Skirmish at Arrow R(»ck, Mo. 

13. Brisk tight from Catlett's Station 
to Manassas. 

13. Rebels under Shelby, in Missouri, 
defeated by Gen. Bmwn. 

13. Skirinish on the Big Bla k. below 
Vicksbiirg 

14. Fitrht at Bristow Station. Rebels 
defeat<-d. 450 talien jjrisonerF. 

15. Skirmishing on the Bull Run bat- 
tle-field. 

15. 300,000 volunteers were cd'ed for 
by lije P.< sident, the men to receive all 
government bountie.s. A draft was 
ordered, at the sime time, for the lU-fi- 
ciency in any Slate quota on January 5, 

16. Rebel raid upon Brownsville, Mo. 

16. The Department of the Tennessee, 
I he Cumberlind, and tlie Oliii) were 
IWrraed into the Military Division of ihe 
Mississippi, and Maj.-Gen. U. S. Grant 
appointed the commander. 

17. Active volunteering for the Union 
army in Arkansas. 

18. Skirmishing near SUjne Bridge 
and Manass IS .Junction. 

18. Jim Keller, a noted guerrilla, taken 
near Sharpsburg, Ky., and shot. 

19. Lee recro^ses the Rappahannock, 
und mirches southward. 

19. Secret meetii gs in New Orleans to 
revive tlie relx.-l State governmcit. 

20. Gen. Rosecrans relieved. Gen- 
Grant takes command. 

20. Gen. Blunt relieved of Army of 
the Frontier, Gen. McNeil taking hia 
place. 



(TG; 



Oct., 1863. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



20. KiliKitrick's cavalry on a raid to- 

21. Figlil near Pliilaclclplna, East 
'^*'2i"'tV*iit at Cli'-rokee Station, near 

22. Slariuisbes at C.jUunUia and liing- 
Blon Spriiii', 'rcMin. 

22. Gen. AvcriU'sUnion cavalry ncai 

Coviniru'ii, Va. . 

2;{ Rebel raid upon Danville 1 cnn 

2:{' Fi-litin'.; at Beverly lord, on the 
lliptiahaiinock. o. t • 

2;i Uni..iusis land at Bay St. Louis, 
Miss., and reeaiAure kouk; prisoners. 

24 Guerrillas driven out ol S. .Mo. 

25. Wiiole of Isl Ala. cavalry said lo 
have been captured near Tolanda, Miss., 
about tliis dale. 

20 Grant starts his movement upf)ii 
Lo..li.nit Mountain. A llanlung lorce 
crosses llic river. , , , 

27. Hooker defeats the reljels at 

Brown's Ferry. -it,, 

27. Arkadeiphia, Ark., occupied by 
Union forces altout this date. 

'>« Fiankintr and capture of Loououl 
Mountain. It is soon after abandoned, 
ami ie<.ceupied by the rel>els. 

29 Union i)risoners troin Uichmond, 
in :i stale of starvation, arrive iil Annap- 
olis. Some die on the trip Irom 1' or, ress 
Morroe. ,, , , . 

2*.». 00 rebels taken near Columbia, 

*;ja Charleston, Mo., robbed by guer- 

' ao." Guerrillas routed near Pincy Fac 

lorv, Tenn. , 

;i() liurnside's forces cross the iiyei 
at Kno.wille, and occupy Loudon 

biT. lieavy bombardment of Charleston. 

B C 

'ai'. Banks' expedition lands at Brazo; 

Island. . ,, 

;jl. Plcjt in Ohio to overthrow the 

e(,vernnient comes to light, 
yi, Rebel cavalry repulsed at War- 

renton. ... 

31. Gen. Hooker wins an important 
Viciorv at Shell Mound, Tenn. 

31. 'Fi'dil at Leiper'.s Ferry, Tenn. 

Nov. 1. Much anxiety in Riciimonc. 

al>OUt I'Jod. , . , rn. 1 

1. Union raid in N. Ala. They reach 
Florence. 

1. Skirmish near Washington, JN. C. 

1. Collision on Ojtelousii.^ railroad. IC 
soldiers killed :ind 0.> W(^uiided. _ 

2. Rebels routed at li'.>an Springs. 
Tcun. 



2 K('l)els capture 2 trains and destroy 

Ky. 

2. Unsuccessful attempt upon Sumter 



railroad, near .Maylicid, Ky 

isfufatteii 
by a boat expedition 



3. Rebel cavulry defeated near Co- 
lumbia, Tenn. . 

3 Reixls defeated at Colliersville, 
Tenn. Their Brig.-Gen. Geary cap- 
tured. ..11 

3. Gen. Wasliburne's advance attackeu. 

4. Banks' expedition take peaceable 
possession of iirownsville, on the Kio 
Grani'ie. 

4. K. Tenn. said to be clear of rcbs. 
•o! Rebels continue lo shell Chatta- 

"orVkirmish at Motley's Ford, E. Tenn. 

r,. Union camp at Rogersville, E.Tenn., 
surpli^ed, and 4 guns and nearly bOO 
men taken. 

(1. Gii.i rillas plunder Blandville, Ky. 

C. Much excitement about the starva- 
tion of Union prisoners at Riclimond. 

7. Meade's army begins an advance. 
Shiirp tiglitiug at Kellv s Ford and Rap- 
pahaimocU Station. The rebels driven 
a ross the river. 

7. Re!)els break up the Memphis and 
Charleston railroad near S.ilisbiiry. 

7. Rebels defeated at Lewisburg, W. 

Va. 

8, Meade advances, the rebels retiring 
toward Goix'onsville. 

8. Sitccesslul reconnoissance returns 
from Chowan river, N. C. . , 

8. Hanks' expeilition in possession of 
Bnizos, Bienville, and Point Isalicl. ^ 

y. Skirmish near Culpepper. JMeade 8 
irmy in line of battle all day. J^ee de- 
clines a light. 

y. Itebel .lash upon Bayou bara, J^a. 

y. Figlil on the Liiile Teuii. A iel)el 
regiment rei)ulsi;d with 50 killed and 40 
()risoiiers. 

10. Skirmishing near Culpepper. 
10. Rel»els coiii-.nirale along tlic south 
bank of the Ripidan. 

10. Suitiiosed conspiracy in Canada to 
^■l free rebel prisoners on J<»liitson3 
L-,land. 

11. Charleston and Fort Sumter regu- 
larlv sliellc'd day by day. 

12. Union iii<;<'tiiig held in Arkansas, 
ilebellion dying out. • 

13. Rebel tbiay across the Potomac at 
Kd ward's Ferry. 

14 Lotigslieet cross«!3 the Tenn., and 
lUacks Burnside, who retires toward his 
works at Knoxville. . 

14. Banks capliir.hCorpusCliristi lass. 

15. Reconnoissance and bkirmish on 
liie Rapidan. 



(77) 



THE WAK FOR THE UNION, 



Nov., 1863. 



Nov. 15. Skirmish near IIolston.Tenn. 
Bunisiile liiils back lo Lenoir. 

lU. (jcn. SlK'nuun's corps forms a 
junction with Tliomas at Cliattanooga. 

IG. Figli \ng near Mount Jackson, Va. 

IG. liurnside tails b.ick lo IJeil's bla'n 

17. iSeabrooli Island occupied b^' Giii 
more. 

17. Charleston again slielled. 

17. liurnside reaches Ivno.willc. 

18. S\irniisli at Gerniania b\n\\, Va. 
18. Ca[)mre of Mustang Island by Ceu. 

Banks. 

ID. Gcttj'sburg Cemetery dedicated. 
ID. Figliiing at Kno.wiile. 

20. il(.»by's guerrillas, in Union uni- 
form, attempt lo capture Fed. for cs at 
lieaiion, Va. The trick discovered in 
time. 

21. Skirmishing along Barnside's and 
Longslreel's lines. 

22. A portion of Kno.wiile burned. 
The city closely invested by Longslreet. 

22. Successful scoutuigb}' ni'gro iroojjs 
at Focotaligo, S. C. Agrandson of John 
C Calhoun killed. 

2o. Iteconnoissance in force by Gen. 
Tiionias. Rebels driven back. 

2;i. Guerrillas \viiii)pLd in Loudon Co., 
Va. 

24. Slorniing and cajiture of Lookout 
Mountain. Hooker's " ti-hl above the 
clouils." Deleat of Brag^'. 

24 Skirmishing near Knoxvillc. 

25. Capture of .Missionary Ridge. 
Bragg's army routed and driven back to- 
ward Ringgold. 

25. Colored troops doing good service 
in N. C. 

2"). Rebel cavalry repulsed at King- 
H'.on, 'le n. 

2U. Br.igg's army pursued by Fed. vie 
lorioas troops. 

~(). Meade's army cro<^scs the Rapidan 
will) no serious opposition. 

27. iJrisk skirMii>huig between ISIeade 
and Lee. Heavy ligiitijig on tlie left. 

2?. Wheeler's rebel cavalry whipped 
at Cievelaiul, Tenn. 

37. Mosby captures part of one of 
Meade's trains. 

2S. John Morgan and G of his officers 
escape from ihe Ohio penitentiary. 

28. A rel)el baitt ly discovered, built 
behind tlie jNIoulirie House while lliey 
kept a hospitjl tlag tlying from the 
roof 

21). Siege of Charleston progresses reg- 
ularly. 

29. Longstrcet attacks Kno.wiile, and 
is beaten ath-r a lieavy b.ittle. 

Dec. 1. Hooker retires from Ring- 



(73) 



gold, and Army 'if Ihe Cuniberland ag;;in 
conceul rates at Chatlano(),a. 

1. jMeade reeros>es the Rapidan. 

2. Lragg supi.iseded by jiardee in 
ccmimand of the n bel army in Georgia. 

'S. Union cavalry lua.ve a foray toward 
Canton, Miss. 

'3. blierman's cavalry ne.ir Kno.wiile. 

4. Longstreel rai.-es llie siege ol Kno.v- 
vilie, Tenn., and leUeaLs toward \'a 

G. ChesapeaUe, steamer, ^eiz.-d by reb. 
|)irates on iioaiil, engineer shot, aiurerew 
laniled at St. Johns. 

6. The monitor Weehawken founders 
at Charleston harbor, with all on lioard. 

7. Jederson Davis issues his annual 
ines.-.age. 

7. U. S. Congress reassemb es. 

8. Pies. Lincoln is>ue8 his Message 
and Proclamation of Amnesty. 

11. Fort Sumter vigorously" bombarded 
and partly set on lire. 

14. Bean Station, Va. Longstreel at- 
l;icks Union cavalry under Siiackleford. 
Rebels lose 800 kilied and wounaed. 
Union loss, 200. 

15-20. Extensive destruction of salt- 
works by vessels from the E.istern Gulf 
Squadron in West Bay, St. Andrews 
Sound, Fla. Property oi' the value o( 
$;l,000,000 destroyed. 

It). Maj.-Gen. John Buford di.-d at 
Washingion. 

IG. Averill destro^'s 15 miles of Va. 
and Tenn. railroad. 

17. Rebel cavaliy attack i\Ieade's coni- 
inuni("ilions al fcan-sier's, and are re- 
,)uised. 

17. Com. G. J. Villi Brunt died al Ded- 
lam, Mass., aged G4. 

17. Tlie Ciie.sapeake recaptured in 
Sambro lIarl)or by the Ella and Annie. 
All of the crew liul 3 escape. 

18. Col Phillips, with Indian brigade 
■leats and scatters Qiiaiiireh's force near 
P'ort Gibson, killing 50. 

ly. Fort Gilison, Ark., attacked by 
Standi liwatti; with 1,G0J men. tjland- 
thwaile repulsed. 

22. Gen. Corcoran kilied by a fall 
from his horse. 

22. An e.vpcdition from Beaufort starts 
inland under Gen. Seymour. 

22. An e.xprdiiion ot 1 white and 3 
colored regiments, starts for Ki-d i'i\iT 
from Port ilailson, under Gen. Uil- 
inan. 

2;j. Longstreet's soldiers are deserting 
•20 to 50 per day. 

23. Uimm raid on Luray. Luge quan- 
tities of leather, bacon, etc., captured. 

23. Ferryboat al Memphis attacked by 



Dec, 1863. 



CnR0NOI,0GT. 



guerrillas who killed the captain. The 
bo It esc ipcil. 

21. Clio^i:i\v In;li:in9 and their Chief 
abiiul m ihe rebel cause. 

3t Rjcves, with lot) .!riU'riilla3, sur- 
prises (.li'iilreviile, Mi , ;ind captures gar- 
rison ()t".")0 inea, M .»I. S. .>£. 

2 4. I>i' ^ucviili;, S. C, atiaclced by rebs., 
Wliit aie driven i>il'. 

2.). Fi^lit between the gunboat Marble- 
head, and rebel bilLcrics on S.one river, 
S C liebels deleatod. Fed. loss, 
kilU'd, 4 Wounded. 

2>. "At Pulaski, Tcnn., 50 of Forrest's 
gueriiilas caplurcil by Gen. Do Ige. 

2). Grn. Sidliv.in's expditon from 
Ilirp'r's FiM-iy returns with 100 prison- 
ers and 100 horse-*. 

2.5. Gen. IJ inks establishea Department 
of llie Frontier on tiie Rio Grande. 

2). IJritisii bark vJirc.issi.m seized in 
Nor.h riv^'r by U 8. .M iralial. 

2,i. Dr. S !;.ir, .Mr. Fi-.ez. and Mr Car- 
ter sent to Fort L.illiyeLte for smuggling 
arms to re!)el3. 

2l>. The Dic-taior, tnrreted iron-clad, 
laiMiclu;d at N.-w York. 

2i>. At Cliarlesloii, Tenn., rebel Gen. 
Wheeler, with 1,.")'J0 men alt.icks Colonel 
Liel)i.;rt and sujjply tram ; captures tlie 
laller. Col. Loag reinfor.-es Licbi-ri and 
rebels are lie iten, losm,? 121 prison(!r.s. 

2'J. Part of Union train captured by 
reliels at \Villiams;iori, Va. 

;J0. Great naval expedition leaves N. O., 
8up,)os •(! ibr Alol»ile. 

oi. MeCliesney's expedition meet 
rebels near Wasainifion, N. C, rout 
llieai, kills a lieui. and 5 men, captures 1 
cannon and 10 men. 

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Dept.of ttic P.acific— Brig. Gen. George Wright 
" Ka.i-a^— .\I;ij. Citfu. jLinie.s G ISIiiut 
'• »>l.d'lle Ocpartiiient — lirig. Gon. l..(>ekwoo(l 
'• tile SjiiIIi— .Maj.-Gen. y. A. (idiiiuiu 
" MivHOuri— .Maj. (Jen Joliii M. .Scliolield. 
1. Gov. liramlelte of K3-., <ndcred 
ihc arrest of 5 rebel sympathizers for 
every loyal man captured by rebel gue*"- 
rillas. 

I. Arrest of a contractor of the Con- 
fi'deiMle government in New York who 
was eiig.aged in manufacturin.r notes and 
bonds. The phites and engraving tools 
seized, and $7,00J,()()0 in notes and bo.'ds. 
1. Dejiariure of .1 Fed. cavalry recon- 
noissance to Front Koyal, Va. 

1. Fed. pickets driven in at Winches- 
ter, Va. 

2. Gen. Curtis took command of Kan- 
sas Military Department. 

2. A Fed. train attacked near Moor- 
lield, Va. Keltels defeated, losing 13 
killed, :ind 20 wounded. 

3. Fight at Jonesville, Va. GO Fed. 
troops killed or wounded, and oOO cap- 
tured. 

'6. Death of Archbishop Hughes, in 
New York. 

4. Gen. Grierson pursuing Forrest's 
rebel troop.-; si)Uth of Coldwater, Miss. 

4. Trial of the crew of the Chesai)eake 
for piracy. 

5. Gen. Stoneman made Chief of cav- 
il ry under Gen. Grant. 

0. Marmaduke and Price at Arkadel- 
I)liia, Ark., with 7,00J men. 

ti. S.urmisli at Newtown, W. Va. 

0. (lii'w. Kirby Smith takes counnand 
of rebels west of Mississippi rivt'r. 

7. Death of Caleb li. Smith, U. S. Sec- 
retary of the Interior. 

7. Gen. Grant made Maj.-Gen. in the 
iegular arm v. 

7. (jiiiw. Thomas made Brigadier in 
he regular army. 

8. Gens. Me ide and Sherman made 
iJriga liers in ihc rej;ul.ir army. 

8. Peiersbiug, Va., attacked by rebels 
inder Fitz Hugh Lee, who were driven 
.tf. 

8. Chase and lest ruction of the Anglo- 
•ebel ste.im a* D ire. 

8. D.f.idi of Com. Stover, U. S. navy. 

'J. -M.i.lisonville and Si. Franeisburg, 
Li., oceui)ied by F.-d. tr.iop.s. 

!). Gea. Wild's color.;d troipsmile a 
•aid in N. C, relets 11^ ;J,OJ) sl.ives, 
Old capturing or ilestroyoig an im nenso 
l-i intitv of siore.-!. 

10. Gen. Jlo.i.sseiu left Decatur, Ahi., 
for a raid in the re.ir of Gea. Hood's leb. 



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A severe flight at Strawberry 



THE WAE FOE THE U2SI0K. 



Jan^l864. 



Plains, E. Tenn. Rebels repulsed with I 21. A large number of rebel deserters 
Bevere loss. jarrive at CiiHttaDoog-i. 

Jan. 10. A battalion of Cole's Md.l 2;i. Brand'ni, Va., on the James river, 
cavalry attacked by re»>el8 under Mosljy.lilestroyed by Fed. troops, who ca;»turcd 



in Lfju'ion Co., Va. Rebels defeated. 

11. Mailisonville, La., captured by 
Fe«J. tro'jps. 

11. J>jii;i^8treet'B retjel army fortifying 
Bull Gap, TenrL 

11. Ca;>iure of rebel salt-works at 
Tampa bay, Fla. 

11. Battle at Smithfield, Va. Federal 
troops, «iere-at<;d. 

11. Gunlyjat Iron Age aground and 
under reb. fire in Wilminirton HHrlx>r, 



100 ne;rroe6, and muca ret^el pr<»i>ertv. 

2ii. Union raiJ to Lake Pkelps, N. C 
200//X» lbs. of p'jrk destroyed. 

2ii. liebel G'sn. liiio.lly' driven Bouth 
of Tenn. river, by Col. Pbiilips, with 
loss of hU train, 200 Ciittle, O'X) fcije<.'p and 
100 horse.^ and inui'js- 

25. Alliens, Ala., attacked by OO'J rebs. 
under C<.il. Harriwrn, who w ere defeated. 

2(i. SucccosCul Fed. raid in Ou^iow and 
Jones Co., N. C, by CoL Palmer'g 



12. Raid by Fed. troops under Gen. i troops. 
Marsion in Westmoreland Co., Va. 27- Rebel cavalry under Armstrong 
Much property destroyed. and Morgan defeated near Sevierville, 

12. R.-iiel cavalry defeated at Mo66y.|Tenn., by <jen. Sturgis. 
Creek, Tenn., by Gen. McO^^ok's troops,! 27. liebels defeated in an attack on 
who killwJ 14 and took 49 priboners. 'Florence, Ala. 

Vj. Gen. llerron's trf>op8 crosFwl the; 2H. A ui'ieting at Nashville, Tenn., to 
Rio Gr^ude inio Mexio, and ewiorledjresuire tbe Siaie Government 
the American Consul to Brownsville with i!8. Destruction of reljel salt works at 
$2,(}tJ(J(M)(), tx;longing to Americans and St. Andrews Bay. 
the Government. | 28. Itebels defeated at Tunnel Hill, 

14 F<id. pickets at Three Mile Station. jGa. 32 killed and 1 Cf>mpauy captun^d. 
Va., ati.icked by rebel cavalry, who were I 29. Skirmish 13 miles from Comber- 
repulsed. |land Gap, Tenn. Fed. cavalrj' with reb. 

14. A Fed. train of 23 wagons capturerl troops under Gen. Jones, 
near Tenisville, Tenn., by rel>els under j 29. Bridges and olbtr property de- 
Gen. Vance, who are pursued by Col. Pal-|stroyed by Union tr<x)ps at Wiudior, 
mer. wlio retook the wagons, and cap-lN. O. 

tured tJie rebel general, and a portion of 29 Major Jolinson's Ky. troops drove 
his force. rel>el8 out of Scntville, Ky., killing 40 

14. R'-ljel steamer ila^-flower captured and taking 2(J prisoners. 
in Sarav.te Pahs, Fla. ' | ;i0. A Fed. supply train of 80 wagons, 

W. Hkirmisli at Bainbridge, Tenn. guarded by Col. biiyder's troops, cap- 

14. The American ship Emtiia Jane: tured near Petersburg, \V. Va., after a 4 
capiurwj by the Alabama, off Trivan- Liours' fight. F.-d. 1()58, 80 khU-A or 



wounded. The Fed. garrison evacuated 
the place that night 
;iO. Skirmish near Cumlerl ind Gap, 



drum, while on her way from Bombay 
to Moulmein. 

17. Fight near Dandridge, Tenn. Na- 
tional trfxjps defeated, lobing 150 killed | Tenn. Reljels defeat <id I ly Col L'.^ve. 
or wounded. ^H). Fight at Smithfield, Va. 

17. Longstreet'e force moving towards Feb. 1. Union repulse at Bachelor's 
Knoxville, Tenn. Creek, near Xewbern, N. C. Steamer 

17. Rebels attack Union lines at Bain- Underwriter destroyed. 

bridge, Tenn., but are defeated with' 1. President Lincoln calls for 500,000 
heavy If >85. I men for 3 years. Draft for deficiency 

18. Gen. Butler pronounced an outlaw to be made Slarch 10. 

by reVjel Cfmgress. 1. Burlington, W. Va., occupied by 

19. Gen. Sturgis' Fed. troops retreated rebels. 

from Sirawb.-rry Plains to Knoxville. 1. Fighting in the New Creek (Va.) 

19. Mosby defeated at Thoroughfare 'valley. 

Gap, Va., by Ist Miss, cavalry. | 1. Fed. outposts at Bachelor's Creek 

20. Guerrillas attacked CoL Sweitzer'sidriven in Ijy a rebel force threatening 
briga le of 5ih Corps, and were repulsed, 'Newb"rn, >. C. 

leavini; 8 dead on the field. j 1. Fightmg at S •' '''" Va. 

21. Extensive cmrti'Tat ion of hospital! 2. Fight at 3I<.- _• Gap, near 
buildin;.'^ at Camp mnd'-r, near Rich- Rf^mney, W. Va. 1: — .. :eat 
mond, Va. i 2. Itebel troops bum a bridge at PaW 

m 



Feb., 1864. 



cnnoNOLOOT. 



torsnn's Ciock, Va., and were next day 
driven o'.l by llie i,niiiril. 

3. Union reinr.nccincMits arrive at 
Nc\vl)crn, X. C, and rebels are driven 
buck to Kin-!'()n. 

2. U. S. stc iinf-r Levi burned in Kana- 
wha river, VV. Va.. and Gen. Scuiumuu 
and slalFcaptiiieil by rcl)i'U. 

3. Sh'TMi ui'rf advance (lefi!\ted rchelrf 
in a sUinnisli at lii)lion, Miss. Uiiion 
loss, Vi killed, 35 wounded. Rebel loss 
lar^T'T. 



G(!n. Sinitli's civalry expedition retired. 



11. First 20 inoh qnn rr\<*t at PillsVg.P*. 

12. Fid. pickets at Maua3.sas attacked 
by I'ldsliy. 

I'J. S.iiith's Fed. expedition reaches 
Olvolona, .Mis-^. 

Vi. l^ls^a^'e of ibe Enr.)lhncnt bill by 
llie House of lirpiesentativea. 

i:}. Tlie line of llic .Menii)lii3 and Ohio 
railroad evacuated by llie F<-'d. forces. 

14. Ne.:,'io [garrison of 400 at Water- 
proof, L:i.. was aliackeii by a lari^e rebel 
lorcc!, which wad repulsed 3 limes, and 



starts from ("orinili, Miss, 

4. Col. M illii^an drove rcbela from 
Moretield, W. Va., after hours' li■Hllin■,^ 

4. A. parly of rebels captured ueai 
White Ode liver. 

4. Gen. SiKTman's troops skirmish 
near Champion Hill, Miss. 

4. Cavalry skirinisli at Canton, Mis^. 

4. G(;n. Averilldeleats rebels at Wood 
fiel.l, W. Va. 

4 Rebel battery defeated at Clinton, 
Miss. Union killed l-'j, wounded ;}0. 

4 Gen. S.;yin jufse.vp -d lion lefi Port 
Royal, S. C, for Jacksonville, Fla. 

5. Ea'.,^■lL5ement belween (icn. Slier 
man's troops and rebels, at Rear Creek, 
near Clinion, Miss. 

5. Navajo Indians defeated near Fori 
Sumner, with loss of 50 killed and 2~) 
wounled. 

0. Col. Kit Carson brings 380 Indian 
prisoners to Stnta Fe. 

0. S'iinnish at lJ<Htnra'3 Bridge, W. 
Va, by (jien. Riitlcrs troops. 

7. Rebels driven across the Rapidan 
by the army of the Foiomac. 

7. A Federal e.'cp Million returned to 
Knoxville, Tenn , havini^ defeated a rcb. 
force, killini^ and wounding 21o, and 
takin-.: oO prisoners. 

8. liebel regiments at Dalton, and at 
Decatur, Ala., mutiny when rorjuirtjd to 
re-enlist. Several soldiers are killed. 

8. Gen. Seymour's expedition arrived 
at .Tacksonville, Fla. 

U. Rebels abandon Jacksonville, Fla., 
losin;^ 100 men prisoners, and 8 guns. 

'J. Union gunboats arrive at Sartartit, 
on the Yazoo river. 

10. Col. Slreight, and 110 other offi- 
cers, escaped fnMU Libby prison by tun- 
nelling. 

11. Guerrillas rob a train on Bait, and 
O. railroad, nr-ar Harper's Fr-rry. 

11. Getis. Grier-ion and Smith's Fed. 
troops start on a raid I h rough .Miss. 

11. Gen. VV. L Smith's cavalrv '"xpe- 
dit on started in the direction of Colliers- 
ville, Teno. 



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1 1. Ke'tel Col. F(!rguson surprised in 
\V lync Co., W. Va., losing 00 |)rLsoner3, 
vilh arms and supplies, and releasing 
lOJ Union captives. 

14. Meridi ui evacuated hy the rebels- 

14. Gu rrilla attack at Tecumseh 
Landing, Misi 

It. .\. coin,>anv of coh)red troops, save 
1, 8ur|)rised and murdered at Grand 
Lake, Miss. 

14. Gainesville, Fla., attacked by 40Lh 
Mass., Capt. Roberls. Rebels routed 
.vith loss of 100. 

14. .Meridi m, Miss., occupied by Gen. 
SIktiu m's Union forees, who destroyed 

he .State arsenal, and great quaiiliLies of 
unmunition. 

15. Chesapeake steamer s'lrrendiTcd 
io Ikt owners by colonial authorities at 
St. .fohn'.s. 

10. Rebel Gen. Pickett captured at 
Xewitern, N. C. 

14-30. Sh'T i\ m sonds various expedi- 
lions from .M«-ridiau, .Miss., who de-^troy 
a Ijacent towns, and immense quantities 
of stores. 

18. Sherman's army reaches Quitman, 
Ga., without opposition. 

18. G(;n. S(!viiiour left Jacksonville, 
Fla., with o.OOO troo|)s. and establi.shed a 
depot « f supplies at Rddwin. 

18. Geu. Smith's Union expedition 
reached Okolona, 75 miles south of Co- 
rinth, Miss. 

18. Sloop-ofwar Housatonic sunk at 
Port Royal by a rebel lorp-do. 

30. Lou'^sireel reireiis from Bull's 
Gap to Strawberry I'iains. 

30. It-bels bang Rev. Dr Cox, chap- 
ain of Corps de Afri(['ie, u 'ar D jn.ild- 
sonviile. 

20. Skirmish with Mosby's rebel cav- 
dry, at Pie(lmont Station, Va. 17 of 
bis men taken. 

30. (Jen. Smith dereaten by Ffirrest at 
Wf;st Point, Ga., and driven back lo- 
wanls Memphis. 

20. Bailie of Olustee, Fla. Gen. Sey- 
mour's troops encountered a superior 



THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 



Feb., 1864 



force of rebels 55 miles be5'ond Jackson- 1 27. Gov. Goodman, of Arizona, with 
ville, Flit. After a severe contest, of 3 exploring purtj-, li^;lits with Imlians, kill- 
Lours, the Union troops were defeatL-d, ini; 5, aiu! woumling many. 



and retre ittd to Snuk-rson. Union loss, 
1,500. Rebel loss about the same. 

Feb. 21. A force of Fed. troops left 
Tlilion Head, and proceedi-d up the Sa- 
vann di river, without result. 

21. Heavy fighting at Pontotoc, Miss. 

21. Ringg(;ld, Ga., occupied by Gen. 
Pahner. 

22. ^losby defeats 150 Fed. cavalry 



28. Colonel Richardson, a notorious 
guerrilla, captured near Cumberland 
river. 

28. Seymour's retreating army reaches 
Baldwin, Fla., which it evacuates, burn- 
ing stores. 

28. Gen. Kilpatrick, with 5,000 picked 
men, leaves Ciilpepjier for a raid on 
Richmond, crosses the Riipidan at Ely's 



neir Driinsville, Va., wlio lose 8 killed,! Ford, surprising rebel pickets at Spott 
7 wounded, and 7~) missing. sylvania ("onrt House, and capturing 15 

02. 28 of ^[osby's men captured near inen and 2 ollicers. 
Warrenion by Major Cole. 29. Kilpalrick's exped. passr-d through 

22. A "Border State Convention,"! Louisa C. H., to Pamunkey Bridge, de- 
convened at Louisville, Ky., for 'lie pur-;stroying as he went. A force is sent by 



pose of adopting harmonious action on 
important issues then pending in Na- 
tional allairs. Representatives from six 
St ites were present. 

22. Rebel train destroyed near Poplar 
Bluffs, Mo. 

22. Louisiana State election. Michael 
Halin elected Governor, by (),8;}0 votes, 
against Fellows, 2,720, and" B. F. Flan- 
ders. 1,847. 

2;5. Rebel Gen. Forrest repulsed in an 
attack on Smith, near Jlemphis, Teun. 

23. Bombardment of Fort Powell, Mo- 
bile Bav, by Fed. mortars. 

2:5. Sl<ir nisli near Tunnel Hill, Ga. 

24. Passage of a bill by Congress au- 
thorizing the appointment of a Lieut.- 
Gen. 

25. Skirmish at Bean Station. 

25. Rebel raid on Maysville, Ky. 

26. Gri'Tsou and Smith's forces re- 
turn to Memphis. Results of expedition 
are 200 rebel prisoners, 1,500 negroes, 
300 horses taken ; 3,000,000 bushels corn. 
4,000 bales cotton, 2,000 hides, and 40 
miles of Mobile nnd O. railroad destroyed 



Butler to reinforce him. 

29. Expedition of Custar'scav. crosses 
Rapidan and Rivanna, destroys an artil- 
lery camp, burus caissons, &e., nnd re- 
crosse's Rivanna bridge, burning it. Reb. 
cavalry charged and scattered at Bur- 
Ion's Ford and Stannardsvilie roads, and 
Ciistar safely returns with 00 prisoners, 
horses, &c. 

29. Rebels in force attack Newbern, 
N. C, and were repulsed. Garrison ul- 
timately relieved by reinforeenients. 

March 1. A lieut. and 15 men of the 
5Lh Pa. cavalry captured while reconnoi- 
tering in the Dismal Swamp, Va. 

1. A force under Gen. Kiipalriek and 
Col. Onderdonk, left Yorkiowr<, Va., on 
an expedition to King and Queens C. U. 
Near Carlton's store ihe troops encoun- 
tered 2 regiments of Virdnia cavalry and 
a body of citizens. The enemy was 
routed and driven from the town, .\fter 
penetrating to the inner fortifications of 
Richmond, Kilpatrick's troops were re« 
pulsed. 

1. Reb. Government salt works at St. 



26. Tunnel Hill occupied by column Marks, Fla., destroyed by expeditions 
from Chattanooga, after heavy skirmish- from irunboat Tnhoma. 



26. Fire opened upon Fort Powell by 
Admiral Farragut. 

27. Col. Jourdan makes another dash 
into .Tones and Onslow Cos.. N. C, cap- 
tures 3 prisoners, and destroys stores 
and nmmuniticm. 

'■il. Fed. troops withdrew fiom Tunnei 
Hill, Gi., to Ringgold. 

27. Sherman's expedition returns to 
Vieksburg, after 22 days' raid, devastat- 
ing many towns, burning bridges, seizing 
or destroyinj vast quantities of stores, 
liberating 10,000 negroes, breaking up 
many miles of railways, nnd taking 600 
prisoners. Union loss, 170 k. and w. 



1. Gen. Thomas, reinforced, marching 
against Dallon, from Timnel Hill. 

2. Reinforcements reaching Gen. Sey- 
mour at Jacksonville. 

3. Kilpatrick's expedition moves to 
Williamsburg to rest. Many prisoners 
uid stores captured and destroyed during 
tliis raid. 

4. Kilpatrick returns within Union 
lines, having destroyed large portions of 
the Va. Central R. R., and Imrned sev- 
eral mills on James river. Loss 150, in- 
cluding Col. Daidgren 

4. Gen. Custer, with 500 men, ni.ule a 
reconnoissance to Ely's Ford, on the Rap- 
idan. 



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Mircb, 133*. 



CnuONOLOOT. 



r> Reb. c iviilry sUll scouring country E. 
of lviW)Xvi le. 

.i. li !l). c.iv.ilry, in Ibrcc. allnck 93 of 
31 fo.ui. :il i*i;i iier l\>imi,'s. IJikoii loss 
2 .\ •^ WiJiM .0 I, v^ prisjiicrs. ilobol, oD iv. 

Uiul .\'(» lll.l ll 

■). iJiiilc in V, 17,00 City, hetwecn lllli 
III. md :5 li liU.iud t reL>."oriL,':ul«-i. Rco- 
Uc.'-a.-d A iih >;o i>i lor.iljle lo.sd. Union, 
ki.l il il ; \v >.i I I -il ^~). 

U. (J 111) I It i^c(i;riioif sunlv olF VVihnini;- 
to. I, S. U. 

(i. 21 Lfii on sol li'T-;, captured fron. 
Ou I FosuT.s coiu.n ind, hun^ by rebs. at 
K.n-i on, N. C. j 

ti. .">.i r.um's niiin army at Jackson,! 
co.ii.n.;iiMi r ;o crov-j Puirl river. 



/. S.r-roii.rs civilry lmkt linnd )n,'&c 



15. Slierman repulses rebs. near Clulnky 
Creek. 
IG. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., renionstratea 

igain.st c'Uiployinent of slaves as soldioi-s. 

10. liaillc near Fort Pillow. Hubs, de- 
loalfd, loss of .10 k. and w. 

10. Arkan-as votes lici'self a free .State. 

l(i. Gens. Sinitli and IJaiiks at Ale.v- 
ndria. Kei)S retie.it lo Slireveport and 
'irn 2 steamers with o.OJJ balesofcoUon. 

10. liebs. attaelv a train from Na.sliville 
.ear Esulle Springs, 'IVnn. 

17. Keb. raiil on Ma-iiolia, Fla. 

It), lieb. attack on Tort lioyal, S. C. 
fails. 

21. Gen. Mower captures reb. camp at 
Henderson's ilili, 262 prisoners, guns, 



afier s,viriU.s.i ng, and camp two niiies 
e.i<t. 

y. It.rb. cav.alry driven from camo near 



2 1 . Hanks captures oOG rebs. near Alex- 
andria. 
21. Engagement at Natchitoches, La., 



Curo. (ci. (iriiii mills. md s.o.es uarn^d. between iicn. Mower's troops of A. J. 

i). 6 1 r n i.i it iIiils4)oro', N. C |Smitii's command, and reb. cavalrv under 

!J. -tJ .f .{J li Pi. c IV dry ciptu red by I Gen. Lee. 2UJ ielis. captured, with but 
g 1 Trill. IS at i) IS o.v riiat im, V'a. small loss ia killed or wounded on cilber 

.». .\.n o Hi m of n it tm u troops near .-.iJe. 
Siftik, V.I., was itacsied ly 4 regi.neals|. 22. The gunboat Petrel captured by 
of u;i 1 ry, a s.j 1 1 Iron uf oivilry, and 2|rebs. on the V'a/.oo river, 
biii-ri;.-. -f anid.-ry, and driven toj 22. Gen Tu lyer, with an army of 
13 I it's ILll. A e )1 i;n.i of n i on d. l.'iUJ men left Fori Smith, Ark., to aid 
Ir.) I IS arsiv' d lo the supp >rt. and the Gen. Steele's army. 

en ■II.- m tirn was attic <cd, driven baeiil 2-i. Union City, Ky., captured by reb. 
and p I s I 'd. F d. loss 2v).). |Gen. Forrest. Col. Hawkins, with the 7th 

IJ. Sii'i <. V I., ci,)t ted. Ileb. lo.ss 2.") Tenn. cavalry, 400 mr;n, siinendi-red af- 



kiil-d. Ua on. H) 

10. A b i.ly of 10.00) troops under 
G ' IS. A. J. Sin til and Taomas Kiiby 
8 n ta, lef Vices;) ir^r on tiainporis, lie.s- 
t;n •! for the mouth of R d river, at 
which point a force under Gen. iianks 
w vs le ng rea lezvoused, in view of a 
Ciujoilpi in the R d riv'(T region. 

10. .\. navii e.xp -tit on from Brashear 
City cipt'ires camp, arms, 11. ig at Aicha- 
f.i ava riviT. 

10. Pil it A I occupi 'd by Union forces. 

12. Geu. Grant a|)pomt('il Comm uuler- 
in-Chief of ihe armies of the U. S. 

13. Indianola evacuated by Union 
troops. 

13. Gjn. Sm'tli's army at Setnmesp irt. 
13. Ale.vand ia. La., captured by Fed. 

fleet. 

li. CaptUie of Fort de R !ssy, on the 
R d riviT, iiy Isi ind -M divis <ms of l(i h 
corps, un ler Ge:i. Mower. Tlie fort was 
blowa uj) at nigiit. 

1.1. Presi lent calls for 200,000 men, and 
a drat't or ler 'd lor the dedciency on the 
Id'di of .Vpril. 

!•}. Reb plot to iissassiaate Pres. Lin- 
cola diacoverod. 



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ler rei)ulsini' 2,000 rebs. 3 times. 

25. Reb. Geu. Forn-.st, with 7,000 men, 
attacked the Fed. fort at Paduc.h, Ky., 
-leien le 1 by Col. llieks, with oOO men. 
.\i led by 2 gunboats. Col. llieks ilefeilid 
Forrest, who retired with a loss of 1,000 
killed and wounded. Fed. loss 14 killed 
and 4(5 wounded. The town was nearly 
destroyed bv the bomb irdment. 

2(!. Col. Claymu capiured 370 rebs., 3,j 
wagons, and 300 horses, at Lougview, 
Ariv. ' 

29. IJaille of Cane river, La. Rebs. de- 
fe;ited. 

30. Fight in Arkansas with 1,3 )0 rebs., 
who are defeated. 

30 Riots by disloyalists at Charleston 
and .M;itioon, III. 

31. R'-bs. defeated at Crump's Hill 
(Piney \Vo..d<). 

Airil 1. Fi,ht near Snyder's Blulf, on 
the I'azoo. 

1. S. S. M iple L'-'af blown up by tor- 
pedo in St. John- river. 

1. Rel)el ram Tennessee sunk near 
Grant's Pass. 

2. Shelby defeated by Steele near Cam- 
den, in Ark. 



THE WAR FOR THE UNIOIT. 



April, 1864 



April 2. Gricrson's cavalry engages 
Forrest near Su iimurville, and falls back. 

4. Figlit at Kosevillu, iu Aric. 

4. Col. Gooding engages Harrison's 
guerrillas at Couipli, and with Ira \vs 
■with loss. 

4. .Marniadnkc defeated by Steele on 
Little Missouri river, Ark. 

4. N. Y. MetropoUtaa Sanitary Fair 
opened. 

5. Figlit between gunboats and guer- 
rillas at ilicknian, Ky. 

5. Banks' Te.xas e.xpedltion at Grand 
Ecore. 

5. Gen. W. P. While, reb., of George- 
town, S. C, assassinated by his own men. 

6. Fort Halleck, Columbus, Ky., at- 
tacked by rebel Gen. Bufurd. Surrender 
retused by Col. Lawrence. 

6. Maryland Consiituiional Conven- 
tion on Slavery met. 

7. U. 8. Senate pass the resolution to 
submit to Stales' Legislatures the Con- 
stit iti(m ameiulment aoolishing slavery. 

8. Gen. Fra.'iklin's comm lud of Bauks' 
cxpediticm defeated at Manslield, La., by 
Gen. Taylor's aruiy, losing a i guns and 
nearly 2,000 men, and filling back to 
Grind Eoore. Geu. S.nilh, ne.xt day, 
relieved Franklin, defeated the rebels, 
and captured 36 guns and 2,)j0 pris- 
oners. 

8. Shelby ville entered by 40 guerrillas. 

9. B.itile of Pleasant llill, La. After 
Bev-re li.,'liting the Union troops retreat- 
ed at ni^lit in good order. 

10. C.ipe Lookout lighthouse seized 
by 40 rebels. 

11. Banks retires to Grand Ecore. 

11 U;bels repulsed in an attack on 
Rose ville. Ark. 

i'i. C ipliiie of Fort Pillow and mas- 
sacre of garrison. 

13. A imiral Porter's Red river fleet 
attack .'d by 2,000 rebel infantry on 
shore, who are beaten otf. 

12. Horrible mirder of a farmer by 
guerrillas at O.sage river, .Mo. 

13. A portion of Banks' army attacked 
near Blair's L md.ug. La. Rebs. repulsedl 
with loss. 

1 ;. New York Soldiers' Voting Bill 
passed New York Senate. Yeas 20, nays 
none. 

14. Gunboat expedition from Butler's 
armv capture prisoners and stores at 
Smiihfieid, Va. 

14. Nebraska Constitution and State 
Goveriiinenl Bill pass d by U. S. Senate. 

15. Chenango, giniboat, exploded. 

It). Ginbut Eistport sunk by snag 
above Grand Ecore. 



17. Bread riot by women in Savannah, 
Ga. 

18. Rebel attack on Fort Wessell, near 
Piyuiouth, N. C. Gunboat Southtield 
biuiiv. Coiu. Flusser killed and most of 
crew ilrowned. Bam also destroys the • 
gunboit Bombshell. 

18. Baltimore Sanitary Fair opened. 
10. Guerrillas driven from Burksville. 

19. Transports and gunboats aground 
above Grand Fcore, lied river. 

19. Fort Wessiells, N. C, evacuated by 
Feds. 

20. Plymouth, N. C, surrendered to 
rebels by Gen. Wessels, after severe loss 
by rebels. Gen. Wessells and 2,500 men 
surrendered. 

21. North Carolina salt works, worth 
$100,000, near Wilmington, destroyed. 

22. Rebels captured gunboat Petrel on 
the Yazoo river, and burnt hrjr. 

22. Forrest moving toward Alabama, 
followed by Grierson. 

22. B inks' army li.'ft Grand Ecore for 
Ale.xandi ia, La., by land. 

23. Brisk engagement near Camden, 
Ark. Feds, defeated. 

23. Rebels capture and murder Union 
pickets at Nickajack. 

23. N. Y. Metropolitan S-anitary Fair 
closed. Swo d voted to Grant by 30,291, 
against 14,509 for McClellan. 

24. Battle at Cane river, La. Rebels 
losing 1,000 men and 9 guns. 

25. A sup[)ly train of 240 wagons, and 
the 2l)ih Iowa, 73(1 Ohio, and 4od Ind. 
regiments, under Col. Drake, 2,000 men, 
were capturt-d after a brave resistance 
oil their return to Pine Blutf, Ark., after 
an unsuccessful elTort to reach General 
Steele's iruiy. 

20. Gen. Steele's army left Camden for 
Little Rock, Ark, 

26. Rebels iu strong force attack Ad- 
miral Porter's gunboats on the Red 
river, and were defeated with severe loss. 

28. L.ttle Washington, N. C, evacuat- 
ed by Fed. t loops. 

28. A detachment of Fed. cava,lry 
under Col. Lowell, encountered a portion 
of Mosby's command near Upperville, 
Va., and defeated them, capturing 23, 
killing 2 and wounding 4. Fed. loss, 3 
kilK-d, 4 wounded. 

30. Gen. Steele's army in Ark. crossed 
the Sibine river after a" fight with rebs. 

30. MidLsoii Court Hou.se, Va., was 
burned by a Uuicm expeditionary force 
while engaged in a skirmish with a rebel 
company at that place. 

May i Death of Commodore W. D. 
Porter. 



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May, 1864. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



1. Gon. Steele's army 40 miles from] 7. Severe fiirht at Todd's Tavern, be- 
Little Rock, Ark. His cavalry reached twcen ('iistar's and rebel cavalry. Loss, 
that city. 250 on each side. 

2. Advance of the Army of the Poto-| 7. liittle near Peter.shiin;j,Va., between 
mac across the llajiidan towards Chan-, Gen. I]nil"r's army and the rel)els. 
cellorsville and the Wilderness. _ 7. Tazewell salt-works destroyed by 

2. West Point, Va., occupied by Feds. 



2. Gen. Stnnris' oavalrv encountered a 



Gen. Averill. 

8. General 



Hancock's corps passed 



band of the rebel Forrest's men, near!throui;h Spottsylviinia C. H. at daylight, 
Bolivar, Tenn., and, after a severe light, nnd, at noon, his headqunrters were 20 
defeated them. miles south of the baltle-li(;ld of the Cth. 

3. The erossin<^ of tlie Rapidan by the 8 P.attle of Spotlsylvania C. H., Va., 
army of the Potomac etlecled, without commenced. The armies near Spottsyl- 
oppositlon, at Culpepper, Germania, and vania C. H. eiiiinired from 8 to 12 M., at 
Ely's Fords. which time Fed. forces i^ained the ()oint 

:i The Sec. of the Navy sentenced Ad. for which ihey contended. At (> p.m., 3 
Wilkesto be reprimanded and suspended fresh divisions were thrown in, and, after 
for three years, for insubordination, &c. |a severe enirauement of an hour and a 

4. The crossinii of the Rapidan by the half, tlie rebel position was carried, and 



army of the Potomac continued 

4. Gen. Warren's headquarters at the 

Wilderness. 

4. A fleet of transports on Hampton 

Roads commenced embarking troojis. 

4. Rebel raid into Priaiceton, Ky. 

5. Battle of the Wilderness commenced 



their first lino of breastworks occiii)ied. 

8. General eniragement at Mill Creek 
Gap, Ga. 

8. Union troops held possession of 
Fredericksburg, Va. 

9. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., 
contiiuunl. Lee's army nnvdc a stand, 



A day of terrific fighting, on most difli-ibut no general engagement occurred in 
cult ground, in the Wilderness, nearjthe morning. Maj. -Gen Sedgwick killed. 



Chanceilorsville, Va. Night closed 
without any definite result. Gen. Hayes 
killed. 

5. Gen. Butler's army passed Fortress 
Monroe in transports, on their way up 
the James river. 

5. Gen. Kautz forc'cd the Blackwater, 
and burnt the railroad bridge at Stonv 
Creek. 

5. Naval engagement between the reb. 
ram Albemarle and Fed. fleet, near the 
mouth of the Roanoke river. 

5. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. 
Burnside's cavalry attacked the enemy 
on their passage through the Gap. 

6. Battle of the Wilderness continued. 
Another day of terrible fightiiig, result- 
ing in the falling back of Lee's army. 
Gen. Wadsworth kilU'd. Loss of both 
armies about l."),0U0 each in the 2 days 
fighting. The rebel Gen. Longslreel 
wounded. Fed. wounded, who had been 
removed to Fredericksburg, fired on b} 
citizens. 

G. Gen. Butler's forces effected a suc- 
cessful landing near Fort Fisher, N. C, 
without resistance. 

li. Gunboat C<mi. Jones blown up by 
rebel torpedo on James river. 

7. Gen. Grant's army in pursuit of 
Lee, having marched 15 miles on the 
night of the 6th. 

7. Tunnel Hill, Ga., taken by Gen. 
Thomas. 



The light in the evening was brought on 
by Hancock, who crossed the river Po, 
and established himself on the south 
bank. 

1). Gen. Butler at Bermuda Landing, 
in a strong position. His forces defeated 
a portion of Heaiu'egard's army under 
Gen. Hill. The fight commenced at 
no(m, and continued till night. The 
rebels driven back 3 miiCS. 

9. Night attack on Gen. Butler's lines. 
The rebels rei)u!sed. 

9. Gen. Siieriaan marched ai-ound the 
rebel right flank, and readied the North 
.\iina river in safety in the evening. In 
I he niudit he destroyed a great quantity 
of rebel stores, nnd recaptured 878 Feds. 

9. Battle of Cloyd Mountain. Rebels 
defe;U(Hl. 

9. U. S. transport IL A. Weed blown 
up by torpedo near .Jacksonville, Fla. 

10. Gen. Sheridan crossed the South 
.\.una river. 

10. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H. con- 
tinued. A general advance of Fed. army 
ordered at 5 a.m. A tremen Ions cmiflict 
ensued. In the afternoon an attack was 
made on the rebel batteries. After the 
assault had continued some time it was 
found that the rebel ba'teries could not 
lie carried without great loss, and the 
ett'ort was abandoned. The battle ceased 
about 9 P.M., and was one of the most 
terrible and bloody oi the war. The 6tli 



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May. 1034. 



corps' canif'd the enemy's works, and 
captured 1,000 prisoners. Loss, 10,000 
on each side on tliis day. 

May 10. Gen. Sheridun reported that 
he had turned tlie rel)el riirli', reached 
their rear, and destroyed from 8 to 10 
miles of railroad and other property. 

10. Gen. Avesill's force fought a battle 
near Wytiievilie, Va., defeating Gen. 
Jones and destn^ying railroad. 

10. Crooke defeated rebels near New- 
bern, capturing 7 guns and many pris. 

10. Sec. Stanton reported Ilia; Gen. 
McPlierson was within 7 miles of Resaca,! 
Ga. I 

10. Gen. Sherman in front of Buzzard 
Roost Gap, Ga. I 

11. The armies under Grant and Lee^ 
engaged with varied success until 111 
A.M., when Fed. line was somewhat ad-, 
vanced. Gen. Grant reported to tliej 
War Department, that, after 6 days' i 
fightin;^, the result was much in favor ofl 
the Union arms. I 

11. After a days of skirmishing Feds. 
drove the rebels back to Rocky Ridge 
and Buzzard Roost Mountain, Ga. 

11. Gen. Sheridan captured Ashland 
Station, destroying a large amount ofj 
stores. He attacked Gen. Stewart at| 
Yellow Tavern, near Riciimontl, and 
penetrated the 1st and 2d lines of the 
rebel defences. 

12. The battle between Grant's and 
Lee's army renewed 5 miles l>elow Spoit-| 
sylvania C. H., Va. Gen. lianocki 
opened the battle, and made a brilliant | 
assi6'it on A. P. Hill's division, whicJii 
be routed. Gen. Grant reported that the! 
day closed leaving between ;3,0(K) and! 
4.000 prisoners in his hands, including 2' 
general officers, and over 30 pieces of 
artillery. In the night Lee abandoned 
bis position. 

12. Gen. Sheridan's army encamped at 
"Walnut Grove and Gaines Mills. 
12. Gen. Butler's army engaged. 

12. Rebel poRiti<ni alDallou, Ga., car- 
ried and lield by Sherman. 

13. Gen. Butler's army advanced to- 
ward Peter,sburg,Va. Skirmishing with 
the rebels in tlie afternoon. 

13. Gen. Sheridan's forces encamped 
at Bfjttom's Bridge. | 

13. Gen. Sherman's army in line of 
battle in Sugar Valley. { 

13. Gen. McPherson captured 9 trains,' 
with rebel military stores, at Dalton. 

14. Gen. Smith carrieil tlie 1st line of 
rel>el works at Petersburg, Va. The 
rebels atl.ick'id the 0th corps, army of 
the Potomac, but were finally driven 



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liack with severe loss, after a furious 
cannonade. 

14. Gen. Sherm;in's forces active! v en- 
gaged G«'n. Hooker's crps atiaV' rd 
by the rebel Gen. Hood's divi-ion. Ti.e 
rebels repulsed. General battle, whieli 
lasted tid niidiiiudit, each party hoidiiig 
its respective position. 

15. Battle of lie^.-ifn, Ga. An all-d.iv 
ifnttle, in which Feds were suc<-esMi'l. 
The re')els forced lo ev.iciiate Res c;i. 
Gen. John.ston retreats iiom PVd. front 
in the night. 

1"). Rocky Faced Ridge taken bv R;ier- 
man. 

15. Gen. Sigel foiiglit a battle at New- 
market, Va. The nbeis snceessfiil. 
Union forces fell back to StrasbMig. Va. 

15. Gen. B.i'iks' gunboats arrived at 
Fort de Russey, La. 

16. The rehel armv encamped around 
Spottsvlvimia C. H ,"Va. 

16. The rebels in force attacked Gen. 
Smith's lines in Va., and forced them 
back with co;;siHerable loss. 

Kj. Gen. I'utler's for(;e attackr-d by 
troops from Petersburg Furious fight- 
ing. The rebels made a desper.iie on- 
siauglit in a fog. hut were repulsi-d. 

10. Resaca, Ga., occupied by Gea, 
Sherman. 

l(i. Admiral Porter's fleet above Alex- 
andria Falls, released by Col. Bailey's 
dam. 

17. Gen. Kautz reached City Point, 
Va., returning fiom his raid on tlie Dan- 
vilie railroad. 

17. Gen. Sherman's army at Colburn, 
Ga. 

17. General Banks' forces reached 
Semmesiiort, La. 

18. Ewell attacked Union bairiraire 
traiiv in rear of Grant's riglu flank, but 
was repu's<;d 

18. Heavy engagement between the 
armies in Va. Gen. Hanco<;k <harg<;d 
the enemy, and carried the Hist line of 
rebel intrenchiiients. 

18. Gen. Slierm.m reached Adai'^ville. 
Ga., where he wasengaL'ed in skirmishes. 

18. Sec. Stanton annouuce<l that a 
draft would be ordered, to take place 
July 1. 

18. A pretended procl imntion of the 
President calling for 4U0,(»00 men, and 
announcing tj-e Spring campiiun closed, 
published in the Journal of Connnerce 
and the World. The 2 p.-ipers suppre.-.sed 
for 3 days, and the author of the forgery, 
Jos. Howard, < if Brooklyn, arrested. 

I'J. Gen. Ewell attei/.pled to tiiTD 
Grant's right, but was repulsed. 



May, 1864. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



19, Gen. Sherman advanced on tlicl June 1. Expedition ninler (ion. S^u^ 
enemy, who retreiit<'d. Kingston, Ga./'g^is in .Miss., (IcH-alfd, with lo^.s of wagon 
rea hl'd. General Sherman puslicd a|lraln, arlilh-ry, and ammunition. 



column as far as Cassville, Ga. 

20. Torpi'does explode at Bachelor's 
Creek. Many N. Y- soldiers killed and 
wounded. 

20. Slicrman in possession of King- 
ston and Itcnne, Ga. 

20. Hi'l)els attack Ames' division of 
Butler's army. Heavy lo.sses on both sides. 

20. Arrest of Howard, the forger. 

21. Gen. Hancock's troops entered 
Bowling Green, Va. 

23. U. S. tugboat Columbine captured 
on St. John's river by rebs. 

24. Rebels tlestroy bridge over North 
Anna Grant's heail([uarters at Jericlio 
Mills. Slieridan destroyed Danville rail- 
road near Hiciimond, Va. 

24. Filzhiigh Lee repulsed at "Wilson's 
Wharf by Federal negroes under Gen. 
Wild. 

24. Sherman flanks Johnston at Al- 
toona. 

24. 1,000 rebels captured by General 
Grant's army at .Mt. Cannel Church, Va. 

25. Battle near Dallas, Ga. Hooker drives 
rebels 2 miles. Union loss, 1,500. Ueb. 
about same. 

25. Gen. Birney ascends tlie Ashcpoo 
river. 

20. Grant's army moves toward Han- 
over town. 

2(j. La. State Convention abolishes 
slaviTy. 

27. Eight steamers and several river 
craft burned at New Orleans Levee, by 
incendiaries. 

27. Lee evacuates position on South 
Anna, and retreats toward liichinond. 

27. Slieridan cai)tures and holds lian- 
overtown and Ferry. 

2y. Longstreet attacks Sherman at 
Dallas, and is driven toward Marietta, 
lieiiel I0S.S, 2,500 killed and wounded, 
and oOO prisoners. Union loss, oOO. 

2U. Grant's army crosses the Pumunkey 
river, Vjl 

;J0. Trains of refugees attacked near 
Salem, Ark. CO men and several women 
killed. 

130. Lee attacks Grant north of Chick- 
ahominy, and is repulsed. Hancock 
drives him out of intrenched line of rifle- 
pits and holds it. 

;J1. Grant's and Lee's armies confront- 
ing each (Hher from Hanover C. H. to 
Cold Harbor. 



1. Reb. attacks at Cold lla.-bor, Va., re- 
pulsed. 

1. Rebs. twice attack Butler, and are 
repulsed. 

2. Schofield and Hooker at Marietta. 
Cavalry take Alatoona I'ass. 

3. Battle of C(;ld Harbor. 

4. Reb. night attivck on Hancock re- 
pulsed. 

4. Grant's cavalry defeated Hanipton's 
cavalry at Howes' Store, Va. 

5. Reb. attack on left (Hancock's) re- 
pulsed. 

5. Slierman's army fall back toward 
the Clialtabooehie and Atlanta. 

5. Marmaduke, with 3,000 men, defeat- 
ed at Columbia, .Vrk. 

5. Battle of Piedmont, Va. Ik-b. loss 
1,500 i)risoners, 3 guns, 3,000 stand of 
arms, and stores, and a large number k. 
and w. 

5. Gens. Crook and Avcrill entered 
Lexington, Va. 

5. Reb.s. driven through Ripley, Miss., 
by Gen. Sturgis' tro(jps. 

G. Reb. midnight attack on Burnside 
repulsed. 

6. Sherman's headquarters at Ac- 
worth. 

7. Rebs. defeated at Lake Chicot on the 
Miss, river, by Gen. A. J. Smith's trooi)s. 

7. The yth corps, on Gram's ri-lit, at- 
tacked briskly, and lebs. driven back. 

7. Morgan, vvith 3,000 men, commen- 
ces a raid into Kentucky. 

7. Philad(dphia Sanitary Fair opens. 

7. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew 
Johnson nominated President and Vice- 
President of the U. S. 

8. U, S. troops defeated at Mount 
Sterling, Ky., by Gen. Morgan's forces. 

8. Paris, liy., taken by a portion of 
.Morg.in's forces. 

8. Sherman's whole aimy moves for- 
ward toward the Kenesaw range. Mc- 
Pherson occui)ies Big Shanty, and rebels 
fall back with left on Lost Mountain, and 
riglit on Kenesaw. 

8. Gilmore's raid on Richmond fortifi- 
cations. 

9. Gen. Burbiidge defeats rebels at 
Mount Sterling, and ca|)tures 700 pris. 

10. Gen. Sturgis' Fed. troops del<alcd 
at Guntown, Miss., and again at Ripley, 
by Gen. Forr(;st. Feds, destroy their sup- 
ply train, and '0 cannon, and retreat lo- 



31. Gen. Fremont nominated for Pres- wards Memitliis, after spirited contest 
ident and GeiL Cochrane for Vice-Pres. and severe h^s.s. 
of U. S. I 10. Lexington, Ky., robbed by Morgan. 

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June, 1864. 



June 10. I?3bel guerrillas repulsed at 
Princeton, Ky. 

10. Fniiiklnrt, Kv., unsuccessfully at- 
tacked by l.-3()0rel)el.s. 

10. Ui-n. IliinU-r, with Crook and .\vei 
ill, moves from Staunioii, Va., afier de- 
stroy in^• over $l!,UOO,000 worth of rebel 
property. 

10. Heb. Congress adjourned. 

11. Fed. troops defeated near Cynlhi- 
ana, Ivy., and the town burnt by Gen. 
Morgan. 

11. Gen. Hobson's Ohio militia cap- 
tured by Morgan, after a short comb.it 
near Cynthi.ina. 

11. Ba'itle of Trevillian Station,Va. Robs, 
badly he.ilen by Sheridan. 

12. Gen. Burbridge defeats and scat- 
ters Morgan at Cynthiaua, with great, 
loss. 

13. Grant crosses the Chickahominy. 
13. Grant's headquarters at WiLox'.- 

Landin<^. 

13. The Fugitive Slave Law repealed 
in the Hoiise of Uepresentatives. 

13. Gen. lI()l)son and stalf recaptured. 
18. Sheridan recrosses the North 

Anna. 

14. Dcstru tion of reb. cana. boats and 
stores ;it Buehanan, Va., by Gen. Averill. 

14. Grant's army crossed to south of 
the Janies. 

14. Reb. Gen. Polk killed. 

14. Sherman advancing toward Kene- 
saw. 

15. Battle of Baylor's Farm. 16 rebel 
guns, 300 i)ris()ners taken. 

16. Gen. Hanter entered Liberty, Va., 
and destroyed a long bridge. Also 7 miiLS 
of railway. 

17. Gens. Crook and Averill routed 
Imboden's rebel Ciivalry between Quaker 
Church and Lynchburg, Va. 

16. A port on of the southern defences 
of Petersburg, Va., carried by Hancock 
and Smith's corps. 

17. Burnsi le captured 2 redoubts in 
the Petersburg works, 4o0 prisoners, and 
4 guns. 

17. Severe fighting by Gen. Hunter's 
armv, 7 mil 'S from Lynchburg, Va. No 
decisive result. 

18. Simultaneous and desperate assault 
on the rebel \\ orks at Petersburg, by the 
Armies of '.he Potomac and the James. 

18. Gen. Wil-on's Feileral cavalry took 
position on the e.Ktreme left of the Union 
lines at PetersbiU'g. 

18. The 1» litle at Lynchburg, Va., re- 
newed. Tne rebels driven in'o their 
works, and Gen. lluiter retre iti-d. 

19. "The Army of the James reoccupy 



Bermuda Hundred, and repair tlie rail- 
road. 

19. The rebel privateer Alabama was 
sunk near the Ilarbor of Cherbourg, 
France, after an engagement of over an 
hour with the U. S. sloop-of-war Kear- 
sargc, Capt. Winslow. 70 of the rebel 
crew were taken on board the Kearsarge, 
and 115 reached England ioui France. 3 
persons only were wounded on the Kear- 
sarge. 

20. Reb. cavalry defeated at the White 
House, Va. 

21. Rebs. assault Gen. Sherman's army 
in Ga. severii times, and lose 800 men. 

21. Gen. Foster cros.sed tlie James 
river, and intrenched near Aiken's Laud- 



„ 21. Gen. Hunter's artillery train re- 
treating from Lynchburg, Va., attacked 
by rebs. He destroys a ])ortion of the 
guns and caissons. Gen. Hunter retreats 
.(> the Ohio river. 

22. A sudden attack on the Union 
lines at Petersburg, which are broken by 
the enemy with severe loss to both sides. 

22. Wilson and Kautz's cavalry dcslr(,y 
4 miles of the railroad north of Peters- 
bm-g, Va. 

23. Severe battle on the Weldon R. R, 
Va. 2 rebel tniius captured. 

23. Rulroad juncticm at Burksville, 
Va., tk'siroyed by Feds. 

24. Battle of Staunton Bridge, Va. 
Wilson and Kautz's Federal cavalry re- 
pulsed. 

24. Rebs. attack Gen. Sheridan at 
Wliite House, Va., and are beaten. 

24. Maiylaud Slate Convention abol- 
ishes slavery. 

24. R(;bs. attack Feds, at Lafayette, Ga. 
;ind are be:iten. 

25. l{eb. night attack on Gen. Burnside'a 
troops on the James river repulsed. 

27. Fiijht near Keuesaw Mountain, Ga. 
Union loss 1,500. 

28 S.ieraiau tlanks Jolmston at Keno- 
saw Mountain, Ga. 

28. Fight at Sioney Creek. Va. Wil- 
son and Ivautz's Fed. rivalry retreat to 
Reams's Station. 

20. Battle at Reams's Station. Fed. 
cavalry defeated. 

30. Jolmsu)u evacuates Kenesaw 
.Moiuitain, Va. 

July 1. Gen. Wilson's force reaches 
(grant's lines, having lost all their guns 
and wagons. 

1. .Vn expediti(m left Hilton Head, 
S. C, in diiecti(m of North Edisto river. 

1. riie souihcrn side of James Island, 
S. C, occupied by Gen. Foster's troops. 



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July, 1864. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



1. Col. Hoyt and 137 men captured onr 8. Parksville, Mo., sarkod by rebels. 
Johnson's Island. | 9. Battle at JSlonocacy, Md., lasting 

2. The expi'diiion from Hilton Head from 9. .\. m. to 5 p. m. Fed. forees over- 
disembark at Seabrook Island. | powered and forced to retreat in disorder, 

2. An unsuccessl'ul attempt to take thelosin^j; 1,000 men. 



rebel Fort Johnson on the north end of 
James Island. 

1. \V. P. Fesscnden accepts Secretary- 
ship of U. S. Treasury. 

2. Rebel Gen. Eweil iuvades Shenan- 
doah valley in 8 columns. 

2. Martiusburg, Va., evacuated by 
Feds. 

3. Sherman's army entered Marietta, 
Ga 

3. A part of the expedition from Hil- 
ton Head repulsed 

3. Rebels tlel'eated by Sherman, 3 miles 
south of Marietta, Ga. 

3. Winchester, Va., taken by rebs. and 
Gen. Sigel falls back to Harper's Ferry. 

4. The rebels took possession of Bol- 
ivar Hoii:hts, half a mile from Harper's 
Ferry, on their advance into Md., where 
they were attacked. 

4. Sigel arrived at Sandy Hook. 

4. Gen. Mulligan evacuated Bolivar 
Heights. 

4. The rebels make a raid to Point of 
Rocks, xMd. 

4. Naval operations in Stono river. 

5. Slocum's expedition routed rebels 
east of Jackson, Miss. 

5. Ellicott's marine colored brigade 
attacked by rebels near Port Hudson. 
Rebels defeated with loss of loO. 

5. Martial law declared in Ky. by the 
President, and the writ of habeas corpus 
suspended. 

6. Hagerstown, Md., CTacuated by 
Union troops. 

0. Gen. Wallace's troops repulsed near 
Middletown, i\Id. 

G. Hagerstown, Md., plundered by 
rebels. 

7. Rebel Gen. Johnston crossed the 
Chattahoochie. 

7. Gen. Sigel's Union forces evacuate 
Harp(!r's Ferry. 

7. Rebel raiders near Frederick, Md. 

7. The rebels checked at Monocacy 
Bridge. 

7. Proclamation issued by President 
Lincoln appointing the lirst Thursday in 
August as a Fast Day. 

8. Harper's Ferry reoccupied by Fed. 
forces. 

8. The rebel cruiser Florida captured 
the bark Golconda. 

8. Capture of Platte City, Mo., by 
guerrillas. 

8. Rebels enter Fredericksburg, Md. 



9. Fed. forces on John's Island, S. C, 
twice repelled a rebel assa\dt. 

9. Gen. Sherman reached the Chatta- 
hoochee. 

9. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, ordered all 
the militia of the State into active ser- 
vice. 

9. Rebels capture "W^cst minster, Md. 
Couch reocciipics Hagerstown, and Hun- 
ter, Frederick. 

10. Gen. Itousseau leaves Decatur with 
2,700 men on an expedition in rebel Gen. 
Hood's rear. 

10. Gen. Johnston retreats to fortifica- 
tions around Atlanta. 

11. The rebels near Washington, D. C. 
They cai)ture a railroad train at M.igiiolia 
Station, between Pluladelphia and lialti- 
more, and Maj.-Gen. Franklin, who was 
on the train. 

11. Burning of Gunpowder bridge, 
Md., by the rebels. 

11. Rel)ei salt works at Tampa Bay 
destroyed. 

12. Engagement near Fort Stevens, 
one of the defences of Washington. The 
rebels driven otf with severe loss. 

13. Gen. Rousseau defeated 4,000 rebs. 
under Clanton, near Coosaw river. 

13-15. Gens. Smith and Slocum defeat 
Forrest in 5 battles in Tenn., driving 
liim from Pontotoc to Tupelo. Rebel 
loss, 2.000. Union loss, 800. 

lo. Rebels drive 1,000 horses and .1,000 
cattle from Montgomery Co., Md., into 
Va. 

16. A rebel force ca])tured the Fed. 
sto('kade at Brownsboro', on the Mem- 
phis and Charlesum railroail 

17. Gen. Sherman's conunind moved 
forward to within 5 miles >>r Atlanta, Ga. 
llis advance crossed the Chattahoochee 
river. 

17. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston turned 
over the command of the rebel army at 
Atlanta to Gen. .]. B. Hood. 

17. Severe fight near Grand Gidf. 

17. Indian raid on Fed. post at Fort 
Larned. 

17. Col. Jftcques and Mr. Gilmore vis- 
ited Jetf. Davis at Richmond, by permis- 
sion of Fed. authorities. 

17. Wirt Adams defeated at Grand 
Gulf, by Fed. Gen. Slocum, with heavy 
'oss. 

17. Gen. Rousseau defeated l,oOO reba. 
under Clanton, at Chewa Station. 
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July, 1864. 



Engagement at Point of Rocks 
it tempt to 



July 18. Crook defeated by Breckin- 20 
ridge at Island Ford, Va. Loss, 'MO. iMd. 

18. Gen. Duliie deteated at Asliby's| 26. Tlie rebels made an 
CJap, Va., losing 200 wagons and many Hank. Gen. Butler's position, 
prisoners. 20. Gen. Stonenian dispatehed a cav- 

18. Gen. Crook defeats Early at Snick-'alry force to destroy llie Macon and 
er's tJap,(aprgo()0\vau(iii-;ind many pris. Western railroad. They succeeded in 

18. Decatur, Ga., occupied by Federal destroyiui; 18 miles of track, and in cap- 
forces, turing ftUU rebels, when they were in 

18. President Lincoln- issued an order turn "attacked, the prisoners released, 



for a ilraft of 5()0,U00 men to take place 
iinnu'dialely afier ISept. 5, the term of 
sei-vice to be one year. 

18. The President sent his (l\mous " To 
whor.i it may concern," dispatcli. 

1!>. ShiTuian's forces reached Peach- 
tree creek, 4 miles north of Atlanta, Ga. 
They were attacked by lloo.l's troops, 
Avho were defeated. Rebel loss, 0,OUO, 
including 3 generals. Fed. loss, 1,718. 

20. Gen. Smith's forces reached La 
Grange, Teiin. 

20. Gen. " Baldy " Sinitli took leave 
of his command before Pv'tersburg, Va., 
and (Jen. .Martindale assum-nl command. 

20. Gen. Averill attacked and defeated 
the rel)ei Early in front of Winchester, 
Va. Rebel loss, ;J00 illed and woimded, 
and 200 lU'lsoiicrs. E.irly was reinforced 

-• ami rei>iilsed the Union troops. 

21. Henderson, Ky., attacked by 700 
rebei.s. 

21. The rebel lines contracted close to 
Athinla. 

21. S ^irmishing on the James river. 

22. Great b.illie iu'fore Atlanta. The 
rebels assaulted Slierman's lines near At- 
lanta with great fury seven limes, and 
weie as often repulsed after a terrible 
striiu-le. Fed. loss was o,")21 ; the rebel 
loss otiinaled at 30,000. Gen. McPher- 
son was killed. 

22. Skirmishing in front of Burnside'^ 
CO'' 'S of (he Army of the I'olomac. 

2 .'. Louisiana State Convention abolish 
slavery. 

2;5. iUirial of the dead before Atlanta. 

2;}. Atlanta shelled. 

2;). Heavy lighting in the Shenandoah 
Valley. 

2;!. Averill defeated at "Winchester. 

24. The cavalry expedition which left 
Decatur, July 10, arrived at .Marietta, 
Ga., haviiij; been completely successful 



and 1,000 of Gen. McCook's troops cap- 
lured. 

27. Fed. army attacked while crossing 
James river. A sjjiriled engagement in 
which the rebels were driven liack. 

27. Gen. O. O. Howard assumed com- 
mand of the Department and Army of 
the Tennessee, lately commanded by 
Gen. ]\lcPherson. 

21. The siege of Atlanta commenced. 
The l.^iili cor))s of Sherman's army as- 
saulted the rebels in force and defeated 
(hem. The rebel army under Hood was 
re|>eatedly hurled against Sherman's 
army, but as often rolled l)ack and cut to 
i)ieces. The rebels snti'ered severely 
without gaming any advantage. 

28. An expedition sent into N. C. 

28. Gen. Hooker relieved of his cona- 
niand at his own retpiest. 

28. Fed. gup.boats in Louisiana de- 
stroyed a large amount of rebel lumber 
intl 2 saw mills. 

21). The rebels cr(*sed the Potomac 
on a raid into Maryland and Pennsyl- 
vania. 

2!). Fed. cavalry occupy Fayetleville, 
Ga. They cut the Atlanta and Macon 
railroad. 

20. Fights with the rebels near Mor- 
ganzia, La. 

oO. Explosion of an immense mine by 
Union troo[)s in front of Burnside's posi- 
tion before Petersburg. Its explosiim 
was the signal for the discharge of every 
piece of arlidery on the line from the 
Appomattox to the extreme left. After 
the discharge of the artillery the army 
advanced and assaulted the rebel works, 
but after a des|M'rate attempt to carry 
them was repulsed, with a loss of over 
4.000 men. 

liO. The rebels entered Chambersburg, 
Pa., where the rebel commander de- 



iii a raid on the Montgomery and West inanded ^'iOO.OOO under threat of burn- 
Point railroad. ling the city. His demand not being 

2>. The rebels again occupied Martins- |complied with, the city was burned, 
burg, Va. I 31. Gen. Stonenian and part of his 

2i;. Battle near Helena, Ark. Federal command captured by the rebels iu 
forces at lirst were unsuccessful, but Georgia. 

afterward rejjulsed the enemy and ;]l. The rebels occupied Frederick, 
charged through their lines, 3Id. 





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CHRONOLOGT. 



Aug. 1. TJradlcy Johnson and ^Fc 
C:uislind defe itcd iit Cinnh'rland, losinu 
part of ilieir pluad^T from Pennsylvania 
2. Fed. Col. Stoiil, witli oOO nK-n, post- 
ed to intercept the retreat of iMcCans 
land and Jtihn.son, was captured by 
the n, losini; !)0 men. 

;>. iletiirn to Norfollc, Va., of a cavalry 
exp 'ditiou sent into N. C, July 28, after 
havin^c visited 5 counties and captured 
Coiisid Table prop^Tty. 
4. Fast day in ihe'U. S. 
4. Exchange of the Uui(m and rebel 
onieers, uniler tire, at Cliarieston, S. C. 



9. Dutch Gap Canal, Va., conimenoed 

by Gen. Butler. 

P. Terrible explosion of a boat loaded 
with ammunition at City Point, Va. 

9. Heavy shelling of Atlanta. 

10. (ien. Sheridan's army skirmishincf 
near Winchester, Va. Sharp liyhl ucaj 
-.MartiiiSburg. 

10. Steamer Empress fired into by reh, 
baUeries on the banks of the Mississippu 

10. Sharp skirmish near Abbey villc, 
Miss. 

11. The Tallahassee scuttled the sch'r 
S. A. IJoyce, burnt the pilot-boat .James 



4. Gen. Ivelley repulsed rebels under F"unk, brig Carrie Estelle, bark Bay 
Johnson and MeCausland at New Creek, State, brig A. Richards, and bonded the 
Md. Tlie tiglit continued until after sehoonerCarrol for $10,000; burnt the 
dark, the reliels retiring in the night. i)ilot-boat Wm. Bell and the schocmer 

0. Great battle at the entrance of Mo- Atlantic, 
bile Bay. Fort Gaines opened on Fed.l 11. Battle of Sulphur Springs Bridge, 
fleet at about 7 A.M., the monitor Tecum- 1 12. The Tallahassee bonded the bark 
Bell hiving opened the attack a short Suliote, burnt the schooner Spokelane 
time before. The rebel ram Tennessee and ship Adriatic, scuttled the briir Bil- 
cai)iured after one of the fiercest naval low, bomled for $30,01)0 the schooner 
battles on record. In the night the rebs. llobert E. Pecker. 

evacuated and blew up Fort Powell. | 12. Attack of guerrillas on the gunboat 
The monitor Tecuniseh was blown up 'Reliance in Norliiumberland Co., Va. 
by a rebel torpedo. 13. Gen. Grant threw a powerful force, 

5. Explosion i>f a rebel mine near Pe- under Gen. Hancock, across the river at 
tersburg, Va. Bui little damage done. Deep Bottom. Hancock took position 



A terrific fight in front of Pelcrsbur 
lasting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It com 
meuced by a charge of the enemy, which 
w:is repulsed with slaughter. 

G. Com. Farragut shelled Fort Gaines, 
Mo^)ile Harbor. 

G. Battle of Atlanta. The rebels made 
a demonstration on the 16th corps, and 
were heavily punished, and driven back. 
Tlie 23d corps were driven from the reb. 
lines, losing 500 men. 

6. Indian massacre near Beaver Creek. 

7. Gen. Averill overtook rebels under 
McCausland, Gilmore, and McNeil, near 
Moorefield, in the Shenandoah Valley, 
and attacked them with great success, 
routinir the rebels, capturing their artil- 
lerv, a large number of prisoners, horses, 
and arms. 

7. I ien. Sheridan assumed command 
of Mi Idle Military Division. 

8. Surrender of Fort Gaines, Mobile 
Bay, to Com. Farragut. 

8. Steamboat Vanderbilt sunk in the 
Hudson. 

8. Indians capture 9 wagons at Plumb 
Creek, and kill the teamsters. They also 
burn 21 wagons at Point Ranche. 

8. Gen. Burris returns to New Madrid 
afler 17 davs' scout in S. E. Mo. and N. 
E. Ark. 50 rebs. killed, 40 Tounded, 57 
prisonera. 



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10 miles from Richmond. Gen. Birne 
assaulted the rebel works in his front. 

13. Gen. Burnside relieved. 

13. Guerrillas attacked Selma, Ky. 

13. Gen. Smith attacked tlie rebels at 
Hurricane Creek, Miss., and defeated 
I hem. 

13. The Tallahassee scuttled the bark 
Glavomore, and burned the sch'r Lamot 
Dupont. 

13. Mosby attacks Sheridan's supply 
train near Snicker's Gap, Va. 

13. Rebel cavalry captured 5 steamers 
with governm't cattle at Shawneeiown. 

14. The rebel Gen. Wheeler demanded 
the surrender of Dalton, Ga., which was 
refused by Col. Siebold. The reliels en- 
tered the town, but were kept at bay by 
the garrison. 

14. The Tallahassee scuttled the ship 
•lames Littlefield. 

14. Battle of Strawberry Plains, Va. 
10th corps take rebel line of breastworks, 
4 guns, and 100 prisoners. 

15. Gen. Sheridan falls back toward 
Charlestown, Va. 

15. Fighting near Richmond. 

15. Tlie Tallahassee scuttled schooners 
M. A. Howe, Howard, Floral Wreath, 
iiestless, Etta Caroline, and bonded sch'r 
S. K. Harris. 

15. Gen. Steadman reinforces Dalton, 



THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 



Aug., 1864. 



ftnd rebels are driven out of town in con- 

i'tis on. 

Aug. 15. Kil Patrick cut West Point, 
G:i., ro ul at Fiilrbuni, and burnud depot. 

1.1. I'Mi c )rp3 thrcatcti Malvt-rii Hill 

16. Fi:.,'liling on the north bank of the 
Jiinies at Oeep Ran. The engai^ement 
resuli<xl f ivorably, lliouu:li not tiecisively, 
for the Fc.ls. The enemy somewhat 
driven back from their jiosition. 

Hi. Cavalry fl^^ht i)e'\veen a division 
of Siieriilan's army and the rebels, near 
f'ront lioyal, Va. 

1'5. Fi^lit near Chattanoo:^;^. 

10. T.ie Tallahassee scuttled the bark 
P. C. A!e\- inder, and bnrned the scli'rs 
Leop )ld, Pearl, Sarah Louisa, and Ma<'- 

III I o 

uolia. 

17. The Tallahassee scuttled tlie sch'r 
North American, and bonded the bri^ 
Neva for $17,500. 

18. A furious attack on Burnside's 
corps at Six Mile Staticm, on the Weldon 
railroad, U'vir Peter.sburg, which was re- 
pulsed witli gre it loss to the reoels. 

IS. (it!:ii;ral Warren moved his corps 
acr >s-; ihe Weldon railroad, in dolni! 



23. Action at Rogersville, Tenn. 

23. Rebels fall back to their lines 3 
miles from Petersburg, and Gen. War- 
ren's lines advanced. 

23. Siielby captures nearly all 54th IlL 
near Duval's Bluff. 

23. Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, surren- 
dered unconditicmally. By its surrender 
Feds, captured 200 prisoners, 00 pieces 
of artillery. 

24. Skirmish on Sheridan's left. 

24. Reconnoissance of Gen. Crook's 
command in the Shenandoah Valley. 

24. Clinton, Miss., taken by Generals 
Ilerron and Lee. 

25. Severe battle on the Weldon rail- 
road near Ream.s' Station. A desperate 
attempt of the rebels to retake the road. 
Hancock's corps was several times at- 
tacked, the enemy being each time re- 
pulsed. At 5:30 P.M., a combined attack 
on his centre and left was repulsed, the 
enemy with Irawing, leaving their dead 
md wouniled on the field. Union forces 
ifterward fell back. Fed. loss, 1,000 
villed and wounded, 3,000 prisou'-rs and 
9 guns. Rebel killed and wounded 1,500. 



which lie was engaged in considerable 25. Gen. Butler's picket-line driven in, 



figlliiUg. 

IS. Tiie Tallahassee arrived at Halifax, 
after hi vinir burned the scliooners Josiah 
Acorn, Dia lem, Sea Flower, and brig 
R nn. 

1). Th'! re'.>els drove in Warren's pick- 
ets and forced back 2 divisicms of Fed. 
army it Six Mile Stati(m. A heavy fight 
toojc place, resulting in re-establishing 
Un'on 1 nes and ■aoturing 1,500 prison- 
ers. Fe.l. loss :^060. 

10. Mirthisburg robbed by rebels. 

20. G I -rrillas raid on Woodburn, and 
set tii'c \o depot. 

21. Rjbels attack Union position on 
Weldon roid, and after great loss (over 
2,0:)J) with Iraw. Union loss about GOO. 

21. B iitle of Summit Point.Va. Early 
driven 2 miles. 

21 
9 re 



but re-established. 

25. Torberl encounters Early's forces 
at Leetown, narrowly escajjing flanking. 
He falls back to near Shepardstown. 

20. The rebel Gen. Early attempted to 
cross the Potomac, but was driven back 
by Averill. 

26. Kilpatrick destroyed 14 miles of 
Macon railroad, nnd stores, capturing 6 
guns, 4 flags, and 200 prisoners ; aftiT- 
wards forced to abandon most of liis cap- 
tures. 

26. Rebels tall back from Sheridan's 
front toward Smithtield. 

27. Guerrillas defeated at Shelbyville, 

28. Early driven through Smithfield. 
28. Gen. Sherman's armv reached the 



VVest Point railroad at R-d Oak, 13 
.Memphis entered by Forrest with utiles from Atlanta, and began the de- 
iui'jnts and 4 guns; took 250 pris- struction of Ihe road from that point. 



oners. Union forces arriving, Forrest 
left ; was overtaken near L ines', and se- 
verely punished in a 2 hours' battle 

21. C innona le of Fed. works near 
Petersburg. The rebels charged, but 
fin 1 ni themselves in a trap, retreated in 
confus on. 

22. Rel)el force on Weldon road with- 
drawn from front of 5ih and !)lh corps. 



20. McCiellan nouiinated for President 
and Geo. H. Pendleton for Vice. 

30. Sherman interposed his whole 
army bet ween. Atlanta and Hood's army 
intrenched at Jonesboro'. 

31. Great battle near Atlanta. During 
the afternoon, Fed. artillery kept up a 
cannonade to provoke the re lels to an 
assault. In the allernoon the rebels as- 



and intrenches 3 miles from Petersburg, saulted Union lines, but were repulsi^d 

22. Rel)el Johnson's forces whipped at] with great loss. The rebel loss in the 

Cm' on, Ivy., by Col. Jolmson, and him-: attack on Ransom's and Logan's lines 

■elf killed. I estimated at 3,000. In the evening the 

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CHRONOl-OGY. 



14th corps struck the railroad, 5 miles 
8ontl» of Joneslioro'. Tlio worlv of cle- 
str-.u'lion comnuMiciHi imincdiutcly. 

Sept 1. Tlie battle of Atliinta contin- 
ued. A brilliant chari^e was made at 5 
p. M. by Gon. Davis' force, resuitimr ii. 
the disconititurc of the rebels and sur- 
reniler of a large number. Great de- 
stnu'tion by the rebs. of large magazines 
of stores ac'ciimulated at Atlanta. Tliey 
blew up, in additicm to other things, 80 
car-loads of ammunition. Gen. Slocum's 
corps assaulted the enemy's works 
around the city, in the afternoon. 

1. Panic and evacuation of the city. 

1. Kebels driven from Jonesboro' to 
Lovejoy's Station, losing 1,000 prisoners 
and 10 guns. 

1. Gen. Rousseau drives 10,000 rebels, 
near Murfreesboro' pike 3 miles. 

3. Atlanta, Ga., occupied by Sherman's 
army at 11 a. m. 

2. Sharp fighting near Martinsburg, 
Va. 

3. Milroy attacks 3,000 rebel cavalry 
near Murfreesboro', and drives them to- 
ward Triune. 

3. Sheridan's army again moves for- 
ward from Charlestown. Battles of 
Darkesville and Perryville, Va. Kebels 
were repulsed, losing 70 pris. Union 
loss, 300. Mosby captured an ambulance 
train which had left the field. 

4. John Morgan's forces routed, and 
Morgan killed by Gen. Gillem, at Green- 
Tille, Tenn. Killed, 100 ; prisoners, 75. 
including Morgan's staff. 

5. Steamer Elsie captured in running 
the blockade at Wilmington. 

5. The President issued a proclamation, 
recommending that Sunday, Sept. 11, be 
observed as a day of Thanksgiving. 

6. Battle of Matamoras. 

7. Dibbel's rebel brigade surprised at 
Ready ville, Tenn., by 220 of 'Jth Pa. cav- 
alry, losing 130 prisoners. 

8. Rebel Col. Jessie and 100 men cap- 
tured near Ghent, Ky. 

8. Brownsville, Texas, attacked by 
Cortinas, and the rebels driven from tlie 
tt)wn. 

8. Gen. McClellan accepted tlie nom 
ination for the i^residency. 

8. Gen. Sherman ordered the removal 
of the inhabitants of Atlanta, and pro 
posed a truce of ten days. 

9. Spirited attack on the rebel pickets 
near Petersburg, in the night. 

10. Gen. Sheridan's forces in the Shen^ 
andoah Valley attacked at Darksville, 
Va. 

10. Grant drives picket line across 



Plank Road, and advances h(s permanent 
line half a mile. 

10 Steamer Fawn burned by rebels 
on Dismal Swamp Canal. 

11. An expedition left Fort Morgan, 
near IMobilc, and proceeded up White 
river, deslroying a large amount of lum- 
ber at Sniiih's Mills. 

13. Attack on the rebels near Occoquan 
creek by some of Sheridan's forces. A 
South Carolina regiment captured. 

14. Secretary Stanton ordered the 
draft to be commenced Sept. 19. 

14. Price, with about 10,000 men, 
cros.ses White river, en route for Mo. 

14. Gov. Brown, of Ga., withdraws 
15,000 Ga. militia from Hood's army. 

16. 2,500 cattle, the 13th Pa. regiment, 
with arms, wagons and camp, captured 
at Sycamore Church, Va. 

18. Averill drives rebels out of Martins- 
burg. 

19. Battle at Powder Mill, on Little 
Rock river. 

19. Steamer Island Queen captured 
and sunk on Lake Erie, and the Philo 
Parsons burned by rebels on British soil. 

19. Battle of Bunker Jlill, near Win- 
chester, Va. A great battle fought by 
Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. 
Sheridan made the attack and won a 
splendid victory, capturing over 2,500 
prisoners, together with 9 battle-flags, 
and 5 pieces of lutillcry. The reb. Gens. 
Gord(m and Rhodes were killed, and 3 
other general officers wouniled. All of 
the rebel killed and most of the wounded 
fell into Fed. hands. 

20. Gen. Sheridan crossed Cedar creek, 
having pursued the enemy 30 miles. 

20. Athens, Ala., captured by Forrest. 
500 Union soldiers forced to surrender. 

21. Fremont and Cochrane withdrew 
their names as candidates for President 
and Vice-President. 

21. Battle of Fisher's Hill, Va. Sheri- 
dan's army defeated the rebels. Early 
loses 1,100 prisoners and 10 guns. 

21. Torbert's cavalry defeats Wickham 
at Luray, capturing some prisoners. 

23. Rebel Gen. Price occupies Bloom- 
field, Mo. 

23. Montgomery Blair resigned his 
office of Postmaster-General. 

23. A part of the rebel (ien. Forrest's 
force, about 400 strong, crossed the Ten- 
nessee river, at liates' Landing. 

25. Gen. Sheridan's advance passed 
beyond New Market. His forces drove 
the enemy from Mount Jackson. 

25. Athens, Ala., occupied by the rebel 
Gen. Forrest's troops. 



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THE WAR FOR THE UNIO!T. 



Oct., 1864 



Sept. 25. TherobelsatLuray att.ickcd.iBigShanty and Ackwoifli, ami Ijuriu-d 



".'0. A force of rebel cavalry ()Ccui)ied 
Fr ilericUstown, !Mo., 20 miles cast of 
Pi oi Knob. 

2{J. Battle at Pilot Knob. 

2G. Gen. Sheridan's headquarters at 
Ilarrisonbur;^, Va. His cavalry entered 
Stanton, Va., and destroj-ed a large 
quantity of rebel government property. 
They then proceedetl to Waynesboro', 
de.'^tioying an iron bridge over the Shen- 
andoah and a large amount of property. 
Gen. Early's reb. army routod and denior- 
alized, lied through Brown's Gap toward 
Gordonsville. Gens. Merritt and Powel 
Avere diiven back when they attacked 
Early at Brown's Gap. 

27. Skirmish with Forrest's troops in 
Teun. 

27. The rebels attacked Fed. forces at 
Mineral Point, Mo 

27. Gen. Ewing arrives at Holla, Mo., 
after being surrounded at Uarrison by 
Price's forces. 

28. Rebel night attack on Hancock's 
front, on Jerusdeni Plank Road re- 
pulsed. 

29. Gen. Ord's corps of Grant's army 
advanced and carried a very strong forti- 
fication and line of intrenchments l)elow 
Chapin's Farm, taking 15 pieces of artil- 
lery and 200 or oOO prisoners 

29. Gen. Barney advanced from Deep 
Bot:om and carried .the Newmarket 
road. 

CO. Gen. Butler's forces assaulted tlie 
re\)els in iJ coUnnns nearChapin's Fiirni. 

80. Warren ea)Uures tirst line of rebel 
works at Preble's Farm, capturing 50 
men, and 1 gun. Rebels retired half i 
mile b.ick to strong positions, and re 
pulsed an attack thereon, capturing 1,500 
prisoners, and killed and wounded 500. 

'60. The lOlh and 18ih corps concen 
trati'd at Newmarket Heights, furiously 
attacked by rebels, and swept l):i,ck with 
tcriil»!e loss '6 limes, losing 1,000, beside 
200 pris<)n(u-s and 2 tligs. 

Oct. 2. The rebels utiacked at Saltville, 
Va., and were driven into their works. 

2. iJebels in trout of Warren fell back 
to their main lines, from Petersburg lead 
Worii~, lo South-ide Rtjad. 

o. Lieut. 31eigs inurUered by guerrillas 
in Sheiiaiidoah valley. 

:i. Sherman's i'oices crossed the Chat- 
to iwehie with 15 days' rations, moving 
iMwan'i Marietta. 

IJ. Gen. Thomas ordered to Chatta- 
noiga after Forrest, and Gen. Corse to 
Rome. 



7 miles of railway ; then moving on Alia- 
loona. 

6. Gen. Sheridan commenced moving 
back from Port Republic, Mount Craw- 
ford anil Harrisonburg, Va., jin vioiis to 
which the whoU' coiiniry froiii the Blue 
Ridge to tiie Norlli .Mountain was made 
unt(!nable for the rtbel army by destroy- 
an immense quantity of stores, grain, 
&c. 

G. AUatoona unsuccessfully attacked by 
Hood. 

6. Fed. Gen. Lee captures Clinton, La., 
and 30 prisoners. 

7. Battle at Darlevtown Road and New 
Market Heights. Rebel loss 1,000 ; Union 
500. Gen. Kautz's cavalry at lacked i)y 
rebels, who sutlered considerably. They 
afterwards attacked Birney's division, 
who also repulsed them with very heavy 
loss. In the afternoon Gen Butler took 
the offensive and recaptun-d some of the 
intrenchnu'nts which had been taken 
from Kautz. 

7. Rel). privateer Florida captured at 
Bahia, Bay of San Salvador, by U. S. S. 
Wachusett, Commander Collins. 

7. The advance of the relu-ls from 
Osage river. Mo., spiritedly contested by 
Union cavalry. 

7. Gen. Sheridan's forces reached 
Woodstock, Va. 

7. A band of 200 rebels captured a 
steamboat and crosseil into Kv- 

8. Rebels at Woodville attacked by 
expedition from Gen. Dana, killing 40, 
and capturing 3 guns and 50 men. 

8. Tiie Fifth and Ninth Corps, Army 
of the Potomac, advanced their lines 
half a mile, driving the rebel skirmishers 
into their breasi works. 

8. The rebels (\ivyf up in line of battle 
near Jellerson City, j\1 )., but aflerwanls 
moved otf toward the west. 

9. An engagement look idace near 
Fisher's Hill, Va., in which ihe rebels 
were defeated, leaving 11 pieces of artil- 
lery and oilier niuniiions of war. 

10. Engagement with the rebel Gen. 
Forrest at East Point, Tenn. 

11. Gen. Curtis drov3 the rebels out 
of lmle]ieiuleiice, Mo. 

11. Bloody light with guerrillas near 
Winchester, Va. 

11. Successful rcconnoissance from the 
Army of Ihe I'oiomac lo Stony Creek. 

11. Reb. Gen. Bulord. with 1,200 cav- 
alry, crosses Cumberland River, Teun., 
at ilarpelh Shoals. 

11. Col. Weaver, with 90 colored 



0. Hood captured small garrisons at i troops, attacked by 200 rebels near Fort 



Nov., 1864. 



CHRONOLOQY. 



Kelson, Tenn. Defeats them, and kills losin;? cuiip equipage, 20 wagons of 



and wounds 27 

12. Death of Chief-Justice Roger B. 
Tauey. 

lo. Reconnoissimce in force from the 
Army of ilie Jivmos. 

l;5. Attack on llesaca, la., by rebel 
Gen. Hood. The rebs. repnls 'd. 

13. Engagement at Greenville, 
Teiin 



pluntior, 1 gun, and c;ill!e. 

3i{. Price driven from inline Creek by 
PkMsinion, and loses l,UO'i) pnso.u-rd, 
and l,.')OJsland ifanns. Gens. .Marinaduue 
and Uabell c,i|)Lured. 

27. An advance in force on a recon- 

noissmce, made by Warren's corps of 

E istlGranl's arinv. In liic evening the enemy 

altaclvcd llancocli's corps vigorously, 



1.1. The rebel army under Long-lrcctjbut were repuls d. Fed-*, retire. Uniuu 



having appeared near Sirisbiirg, Va., 
Geii. riln-ridan advtincjd and fouml them 
drawn up in four lines of battle, but, on 
charging, I he reliels tied. 

10. Hood's army at Lafivctte. 

1(5. G 'i\. Sherman took Sliip's Gap. 

18. Mij.-Gen. JBiruey died at Piiila- 
delphia. 

18. Gen. Blunt, with 3,000 cav.alry and 
4 howitzi-r.-^, enitT 'd Le.Kmg:on, .Mo. 

1!). BiltleofCi'dir Creek, Slienandi)ah 
Valle}'. G(M\. Siu-ri lan's army was at- 
tac'c 'd before dayliglit and ts left turned 
and drive.n in confusKm, with a loss of 
20 pieces of artillory. Gnu S'it;ridan 
afterward arrived on the Held and drove 
the leUels, taking 48 pieces of artillery 
and m v.w prisoners, gain iig a gre it vic- 
tory. Sii ridan p ir-ied tlie re lels to 
M Hint Jackson, which be reached in ibe 
uigiit. 

IS). Tlie rebel Gen. Price attacked 
Gen. Blunt at Lcxin.fion, Mo., with an 
overwlielininL,' force, and after a saarp 
fight drove him from the citv. Gen. 
Bauit fell back to the Little Blue river, 
fighting desperately, and retarding the 
advance of the enemy. 

19. The rebels entered Mayfield, Ky. 

20. Capture of 10 of tlie St. Albans rob- 
bes. 

20. Skirmishing between the Little 
and 151,^ IJlue river, Mo. 

21. A very gallant right between Little 
Blue river and ludepen ience, Mo. Fed. 
troops fouglit Price's army 5 liours. The 
Uu; on forces evacu ited Independence, 
falling back on I lie Big Blue. 

22. C(jI. ?]mm(,'rsou was attacked 
at IJryan Ford, .Mo , by a heavy column 
of reiiels, at 10 a. m. At '6 p. M. the rebs 
forced I he fo.-d. Fed tro;;'.s fought the 
re (els un il after dark, driving them 4 
niii''S. Gen. Pleasanton pursued Price 
with 2,000 men, fought him on Hie battle- 
field of Hie day lietore, drove him from 
In lepeu lence, and i)ursued him sharply 
Plea.saiitoa captured a large number of 
prisoners and •} pieces of artillery. 

35. Price defeated at Fort Scott Road. 



lisslJ.O:).). Heb. loss 1..100. 

27. Tlie reb. ram Albemarle sunk by 
Lieut. Cushing, in the Roanoke river. 

27. Arrest of^Col. Nordi on charges of 
fraud in the matter of soliliers' voie.s. 

27. Price forced to retreat from Alaraia 
des Cy',Mies, Aric. 

28. 'Ucb. Gen. Forrest captured a Fed. 
guubo It and 3 transports at Fort llieman, 
on the Tennessee river. 

28. Price again defeated at Newtonia, 
lestroying more wagons, and losing 3o0 
men. 

2S-;j0. Rhoddy's cavalry attack Col. 
Mtrgau's colored troops at Dec itur, and 
lose 400 prisoners and many killed and 
woun.led. Unicm loss lOd. 

28. Gen. Gillem had a tight with the 
reliels un ler Vaughn at Norristown, E ist 
renii., completely routing tiiem, and cap- 
turing 200 prisoners and 8 pieces of artil- 
lery. 

28. A reb. force of 3,500 attacked Fay- 
elteville. Ark., but was repulsed with 
heavy loss. 

20. Maryland proclaimed a Free State 
by (tov. ih-adford. 

30. Fed. fleet shelhd Plymouth, N. C. 

yi. Nevada admitted as a Stale by 
proclamation of tlie President 

;jl. Capture of reb. batteries and their 
ordnance and ordnance stores, at Ply- 
mouth, N. C. 

Nov. 3. The rebel army under Hood 
attempted to cross the Tennessee, near 
the mouth of the Blue Water, and were 
repuls 'd by Gen. Sherman. 

3. The rebels bombarded Fayetteville, 
Ark. 

4. Johnsonville, Tenn., a depot for 
Fed. suiiplies on the Tennessee river, 
was attacked and (leNtroy:'d b/ rebels 
under Col. l<'orrest, and $i,/)00,000 value 
of property destroyed. 3 ''tin-clad" 
,'unboats and 7 transports were do- 
.iroyeil by the rebels. 

4. The «iege of Fayetteville, Ark., by 
he reliels, raised. 

4. Revelalicm by one of the consiiira- 
ors of a plot to overthrow the Goveru 

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ment, release and arm tlio rebel prison- 
ers, and kill Gov. Morton, of Ind. 

Nov. 5. Gen. Builer assumed command 
of the troops arrived and to arrive in 
New York city to protect the city during 
election. 

5. Kchels nnsncccssfully attack Fort 
Sedgwick, on Jerusalem Plank Road, 
Bouth-east end of Petersburg^, Va. Union 
loss, 70. Rebel, 120. 

6. Rebels attack Mott.'s and Gibsr)n's 
pickets ; caplure 30 and a mile of in- 
trenchments, but are driven out and lose 
47 prisoners. Several sucli attacks and 
repulses at this time. 

7. A rebel attack on Fed. pickets south 
of Atlanta. ^ 

8. Atlanta attacked by the rebs. under 
Gen. Iverson. 

8. President Lincoln reelected, and 
Andrew .Johnson elei;ted Vice-President 
of United States. Hon. Reuben E. Fen- 
ton elected Governor of New Y»rk, over 
Seymour. 

8. Gen. McClcUan resigns his commis- 
sion in the U. S. army. 

8. Sheridan created Major-General of 
regular army. 

9. Sheridan moved all his army back 
to Newtown from Cedar Creek. 

9. Advance and repulse of a small reb. 
force near Fort Steadman, army of the 
Potomac. 

10. Arrest on board of the vessel, of a 
part}'^ of rebels, conspiring to seize the 
Fanr.ma Railroad Co.'s steamship Salva- 
dor, on the Pacific. 

10. Rebels engaged 2d corps' pickets 
all niglit, without success, on this and 2 
uext niiihts. 

11. U. S. S. Tulip destroyed by boiler 
explosion otf Ragged Point. 49 officers 
and men killed (all of crew but 10). 

11. Reconnoissance by the rebels in 
the Slienandoah Valley. 

11. Commencement of the burning of 
Atlanta, Ga. 

13. Burning of Atlanta continued. 
The public buildings destroyed. 

12. About 10,000 prisoners exchanged 
near Fort Pulaski. 

12-16. Several unimportant skirmishes 
between Gen. Sheridan and rebel Gen. 
Early. Both armies looking for winter 
quarters. 

12. Rebel Gen. Lomax defeated near 
Nineveh, Va., by Powell, losing 150 pris- 
oners and 2 guns. 

12. Custer captures 150 and Merritt 
about 200 prisoners on reconnoissance 
fiom Cedar creek. 

la. Battle of Bull's Gap. Gen. Gillem 



defeated with loss of baggage train, and 
all his artillery. 

13. Gen. Sherman's right wing, under 
Gen. Howard, moved out of Atlanta and 
began its march through Ga. 

14. Gen. Sherman's left wing left At- 
lanta. 

1 4. A division of Price's rebel army 
assaulted the works at Fayetteville, Ark., 
but were repulsed. 

15. The last of Sherman's army left 
Atlanta. 

IG. Gen. Sherman's right wing passed 
through .Jonesboro', Ga. 

16. The rebel cavalry under "Wheeler, 
engaged Fed. cavalry at Bear Creek Sta- 
tion, Ga. 

16. Jackson, Ga., reached by Sherman's 
right wing. 

16. Howard drives rebel Gen. Iverson 
at Rough and Read}'. 

17. Part of Butler's picket line cap- 
tured, at night, near Chester's Station, 
Va. 

17. A column of Sherman's army oc- 
cupied McDonough, Ga. 

17. Fed. cavalry occupied Griffin, Ga. 

17. Sherman's left wing reached Cov- 
ington, Ga., the cavalry pushing on to 
Social Circle. 

18. Sherman's cavalry drove Wheeler 
out of Barnesvillc, Ga. 

18.' Gov. Brown and the Georgia Leg- 
islature fled from .Milledgeville, Ga. 

18. Exchange of prisoners at Savan- 
nah. 

18. Macon railroad cut by Slocum at 
Forsyth. 

19. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, issued a 
proclamation, ordering a levy en rimsse 
to op]>ose Siierman. 

19. The advance of Beauregard's array 
at Waynesboro', Tenn. Beauregard's 
headquarters at Corinth, Miss., and 
Hood's at Florence. 

19. Mosby's force captured a party of 
Union cavalry in Va. 

19. Madison captured by Sherman. 
Depots, &c., burned. 

20. Gen. Gilicm's retreating force ar- 
rives at Knoxville. 

20. Sherman c;rossed the Oconee, arriv- 
ing at Greensboro'. 

20. Gen. Sherman attacked East Ma- 
con, Ga. His troops crossed the Ocmul- 
gee river, and his cavalry advanced to 
GriswoKlsville, 8 miles E. of ISIacon, Ga. 

21. Thomas' army at Pulaski. 

21. Rebels badly whipped at Liberty, 
La., losing 3 guns and 200 prisoners. 

21. Heavy skirmishing near Cumber- 
land Gap. 



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21. Gen. Sherman's right wing cap- 
tured Milledgeville, Ga. Gordon, Ga., 
occupied. Slocum's column reached 
Etonville, Ga. 

2-3. IJiittle of Rood's ITill, Va., between 
Sheridan's and Early's forcc'fe. Union 
troops retreated. 

'2i. The rebel armies under Hood and 
Bcauresiard, having been reinforced by 
9,000 men, advanceil and encamped 20 
miles from Pulaski, Tenn. Geu. Thomas 
fell back to Franklin. 

23. Slierman's rear guard at GriswoUl- 
viUe attacked. Gen. Slocum's column j 
rcjiched Milledgeville, Ga., where both 
wings united. 

33. Sheridan reconnoiters towards 
Rood's Hill, where rebels are found in 
force. Rest of Early's army at Mt. Jack- 
son and Newmarket. 

33. Fed. forces withdrew from Pulaski, 
Tenn. 

33. Gen. Sherman's cavalry occupied 
Toouisboro', on the Georgia Central 
railroad. 

23. Fiijht near Griswoldville, Ga. 
23. Hood's infantry at Waynesboro' 
and Lawrenceburg. 

23. Fight at the Oconee river, Ga. 

24. Second day of fighting up the Oco- 
nee river, Ga. 

24. Severe skirmishing near Columbia, 
Tenn. 

24. Sherman's rear guard left Milledge- 
ville, Ga. 

24 Slocum's column at Devereaux, 
Ga. 

34. Fed. troops made a flank move- 
ment on Jackson, ^liss. 

24. Potomac, .James, and Valley ar- 
mies celebrate Thanksgiving with aid of 
thousands of turkeys and other delicacies 
from New York, etc. 

35. Severe fighting west of Columbia, 
Tenn., between Hood's and Thomas' 
armies. Tliomas falls back to Franklin. 

35. A large number of Fed. prisoners 
confined at Salisbury, N. C, attempted 
to escape, but were overpowered by the 
guard, who opened upon them with 
grape and canister. 

25. Cavalry battle at Sandersville, Ga. 
25. Rebel attempt to burn New York. 

15 hotels, Barnum'a Museum, and ship- 
ping fired. 

26-29. Decatur besieged by Beauregard, 
who is repulsed, losing 500 men. 

86. Columbia, Tenn., evacuated by 
Gen. Thomas' army. 

36. Gen. Slocum's column of Sherman's 
army at Warrenton, Ga. 



26. Gen. Howard's column reached 
Sandersville, Ga., and cut the railroad. 

37. Fed. stores and sick and wounded 
removed from Columbia, Tenn., to Nash- 
ville. 

37. Capture of Roger .1. Pryor near 
Petersburg, Va. 

37. Gen. Canhy's troops reached and 
destroyed Big Black bridge on the Mis- 
sissippi Central railroad. 

37. Steamer Greyhound burned on 
James river. 

28- Kosser captures Fed Fort Kelly, at 
New Creek, Va., with guns and prisoners. 

38. Fed. forces evacuate Columbia, 
Tenn. 

29. Sharp fight at Spring Hill, 12 miles 
south of Franklin, Tenn. Fed. cavalry 
were driven back on the infantry, who 
cheeked the progress of the reljels. 

29. Gen. Foster's expedition, cooperat- 
ing with Sherman, landi'd at Broad river. 

30. Battle of Franklin, Tenn. The 
rebels under Hood attacked Tiiomas' 
irniy at Franklin, but were repulsed at 
dl points. The rebels commenced ad- 
vancing on Fed. lines at 4 p. m. They 
charged furiously on the lines, but were 
driven back and a irreat victory gained. 
Rel)el loss, 5,000 killed and wounded, 
and 1,003 prisoners. Fed. loss, 1,000. 
Gen. A. J. Smith's army passed tlirough 
Nashville and reinforced Tliomas. 

30. Battle of Grahamsville, (m the 
Charleston and Savannah railroad. 

30. Howard's coUunn of Siierman's 
army passed through Louisville, Ga. 

30. A cavalry expedition arrived at 
Tangipahoe, La. 

30. Hon. Joseph Holt appointed Attor- 
ney-General U. S. 

Dec. 1. The army near Nashville en- 
gaged in heavy skirmislies. 

1. Death of Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, U. 
S. Minister to France. 

1. Blockade of Norfolk, Fernandina, 
and Pensacola ceased. 

1. Gen. Banks resumes command of 
Department of the Gulf. 

1. Creek Station, Va., captured by 
Gen. Gregg. 2 guns, 190 prisoners, da- 
pot burned, &c. 

3, Sherman's army passed through 
Milieu, Ga. 

3. Sherman attacked by "Wheeler near 
Haynesborough, Ga. 

3. Portions of Hood's army cross the 
Tenn., between Florence and Decatur. 

3. An expediti(m sent from Roanoke 
Island, N. C, which met with perfect 
success in destroying rebel property. 



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Dec^ 10S4. 



Dec. 3. ITcavy skirmishing before 
Nasliville, Tenn. 

4. Merrill's expedition in Loiulon Val- 
ley, Va., returns with 2jO00 cattle and 
1,000 sheep. The Valley stripped of 
stock and forage. 

4. Ijieiil.-(^om. Fitch defeated and 
drove the lefi wing of Hood's army on 
the Cumberland river, with heavy loss 
to tlie rebels. He also recaptured 2 
transports. 

4. Capture of rebel works and cannon 
near Pocotaligo, 8. C, by Gen. Foster's 
troops. 

4. Cavalry battle in Ga. Sherman's 
army started for Savannah. 

5. U. S. Houses of Congress meet in 2d 
Session, ;}8th Congress. 

5. Blockhouses at Murfreesboro' un- 
gucccssftilly attacked by rebels. 

5. Brig Lizzie Freeman captured 
by pirates olf Warwick river. Passen- 
gers robbed ; 1 murdered. 

6. Ev-Secretary Chase appointed Chief 
Justice Supreme Court. 

6. Hood skirmishing 5 miles from 
Nashville. 

6. Rebels defeated near the Charleston 
and Savannah railroad. 

7. Rosseau routs Forrest near Mur- 
freesboro', capturing 207 prisoners and 
14 cannon. 

8. Rebels establish a battery on Cum- 
berland river. Gunboats fail to dislodge 
it. 

8. Five divisions, under Maj.-Gen. 
Warren, made a raid on the Weldon (N. 
C.) railroad. The Nottoway was reached 
about midday, Dec. 8lh, and destroyed ; 
thence the railroad track was destroyed 
nearly to Bellfield Station, 20 miles 

BOUlh. 

9. 500 Indians killed near Fort Lyon 
by Col. Chivington's force. 

9. 4,000 rebels, under Gen. Lyon, cross 
the Cumberland river, 20 miles above 
Fort Donelson. 

9. Reconnoissance of Gen. Miles to 
Hatcher's Run, on the right of the rebel 
forces defending Petersburg. He cap- 
tures the reb(!l works and holds them 
during the night. 

9. Uiiect communication with Sher- 
man re-established. His army in the 
vicinity of Savannah. 

9. A rcconnoitering expedition, under 
Col. Frencle, leaves Plymouth, N. C. 

10. Gen. Sherman's troops 5 miles 
from Savannah. 

10. Rel)el reconnoissance toward the 
army of tlie Potomac. 
10. Gca. Warren commences starting 



homew.ard, and in the evening reaches 
Sussex C. H Destroyed, during the 
trip, over 20 rnih?s of the Weldon rail- 
road, all the stations and depots along 
the line of march, numerous mills, barns, 
and dwcUin'gs. Entire loss in the expe- 
dition about 40 killed and wounded, and 
a few missing. 

10. Gen. Miles returns to his camp. 
The rebels attack him, but are repulsed. 

10, The gunboat Otsego sunk by a 
rebel torpedo in the Roanoke river. 

12. Arrival of Gen. Howard's messen- 
gers at Hilton Head, S. C. 

12. Skirmishing between the National 
and rebel forces before Nashville. The 
rebels fall back to their main line. 

12. Expedition under Gen. Burbridge 
starts from Bean's Station, E. Tenn. 

12. Fight at Kingston, E. Tenn. The 
rebel Col. Morgan and 85 of his mca 
captui'od. 

13. The St. Albans robbers released 
by the Canadian Judge Coursol. 

13. Tiie rebels before Nashville reoo- 
cupy their advance works. 

13. Gen. Burbridge routs the rebel bri- 
gade under Basil Duke, at Kingsport, E. 
Tenn. Rebel loss, 150 men and the 
train. 

13. Gen. Hazen's division, of the 15th 
corps, captures Fort McAllister, com- 
manding the entrance of the Ogeechee 
river, 15 miles southwest of Savannah. 

13. Sherman's report on his gieat 
march. " Not a wagon lost on the trip." 
■200 miles of railroad destroyed. Total 
loss during the march about 1,000. 

13. Departure from Hampton Roads 
of land and naval forces under Gen. 
Butler and Ad. Porter. 

13. A raiding expedition under Gen. 
Robinson leaves New Orleans for Ala. 

14. An expedition threatening Mobile 
reached Pascagoula. 

14. Gen. Thomas assumes the ofl'en.sive. 

14. Capture of Bristol by Gen. Bur- 
bridge. 300 rebels captured. 

15. The St. Albans raiders ordered by 
the Attorney-Gen. of Canada to be rear- 
rested. 

15. R;iid of Gen. Stoncman in South- 
west Va. Surprise and capture of Glade 
Sprinirs, 13 miles from Abingdon. 

15. 'Defeat of Forrest near Murfrees- 
boro'. Loss, 1,500 killed and wounded. 

15. Raiding expedition of General 
Granger into Alabama starts from East 
Pensacola, Fla. 

15. Battle of Nashville commenced. 
Gen. Thomas attacked Hood's army at 
2 A.M. Fed. lines advanced on the right 



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CHRONOLOQT. 



6 miles. Tlic robcls were driven from] 22. Loss of the U. S. transport North 
the rivuT, from tlieir inlrt'uchiuouts, from'. ■Vinericaii, by foundering, at sea. 194 
a ranire of hills, on which Iheir left rest -[lives lost. 

cd, and forciil baelv u|)ou ihc right audi 2:>. Fight near Gordonsville, Va. 
centre. The rob -Is lost 17 caimoa and| 21. The lleet of .Ul. Porter before Fort 
1,.')00 prisouer-s and a whole Hue of i Fisher, N. C. Furious attack on the fort. 



earihworks. In the nighl Hood with 
drew his right from the river. 

16. Another battlo near Nasiiville 



2->. Attack on Fort Fisher renewed. 
:> briga les of Union infantry laud d 2 
iiid a half miles above llie foru They 



Hood completely routed. Prisoners and are repiils 'd, and recmbark 



cannon captured on every part of the 
field. Hood's loss before Nashville, 
13,181) pr.souers, 2,207 deserters, 30 guns, 
7,000 small arms. An entire rebel di- 
visi(m (Ed. Johnson's) (uiptured. Union 
loss, about 6,500. Total loss of the rebs. 
about 23.000. 

17. Gen. McCook defeated rebel Gen. 
Lyon in a sharp tight ;it Asiiby ville. Ky. 

17. Fed. troops entered Wytheville, S. 
W. Va., destroyed the depot and other 
buildings, rfind injured the lead mines in 
the vicinity. 

17. A detachment of Union artillery 
cut up near Millwood, Va. 

17. The rebel army of Hood driven 
through and beyond Franklin. l,50ll 
■wounded rebels captured in the hospita 
of Franklin. 

18. Hood's army driven as far as 
Spring Hill, 30 miles from Nashville. 
The rebel Gen. Qiiarlcs captured. 

18. The rebel raiders in Ky. defeated 
at llopkinsville by Gen. McCook. All 
tlieir cannon captured. 

19. Gen. Custer's eavahy started on an 
expedition up the Shenandoah Valley. 

19. A call and draft for 300,000 nien. 
All soldiers fit for dut}' ordered to join 
their regiments. 

19. Hood driven to Duck river. 9,000 
rebels captured from Dec. 15 to Dec. 19 
and 61 (out of 66) pieces of iMtillery. 

20. Gen. Sherman demruuled tlie sur 
render of Savannah. The city ^vi)^ 
evacuated by Hartlee's army "in the 
night. The rebels blew up their rams at 
Savannah 

20. Capture of rebel salt-works at Salt- 
ville, Va. 

21. Admiral Farragut appointed Vice- 
Ad mi ral. 

21. Gen. Custer's force in the Shenan- 
doah Valley engaged with rebel cavalry. 

21. Occupation of Savannah by Sher- 
man. He captures 800 prisoners, 150 
pieces of artillery, 33,000 bales of cotton, 
3 steamers. 

21. Madison C. H., Va., occupied by 
Gens. Torbert and Powell. 

21. Gen. Grierson starts from Memphis 
for a raid on the Mobile and Ohio R R. 



26. Heavy cannonading on Broad riv., 
between Sherman's and Hardee's forces. 

26. liiisign Blume cuts loo.se and takes 
out from Galveston harbor the blockade 
running schooner Sallie. 

26. The blockaile-runner JuTia, with 
450 bales of cotton, captured by the gun- 
boat Accaciiu 

2(1. A disp itch from Hood reports his 
army south of the Tenn. 

27. Destruction of a fort and artillery 
it Chickasaw, Ala. 

28. Hood's rear guard crosses the 
Tenn. river at Bainbridge. 
18G5. 

Jan. 1. The head of Dutch Gap Canal, 
Va., blown out, but without elfect. 

1. Admiral Farragut commissioned 
Vice-.\d;niral. 

1. Sin Jacinto, sloop-of-war, wrecked 
on Bahama Banks. 

2. Pa.ssport s^'stem established on U. S. 
frontier. 

2. Steamship George "Washington 
burned at New York. Loss $500,000. 

3. Hood's pontoon train captured. 

4. llebel powder and torpedoes destroy- 
ed on the Rappahannock. 

5. John Tliompson expelled, for dis- 
loyalty, from the I'SIissouri Legislature. 

Gen. Grierson arrives at Vicksburg, 
having destroyed on his raid 70 miles 
of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and 30 
miles of the Miss. Central, and captured 
600 prisoners and 1,000 negroes. 

). " Sue Munday," a guerrilla, murdera 
5 soldiers near Lebanon, K}'. 

6. Owensboro', Ky., evacuated by the 
rebels. 

6. Jlagruder's guerrillas burn the 
Lebanon train, and murder 4 di-scharged 
soldiers. 

6. Gen. Sherman and his army crossed 
the Savannah river. 

6. Missouri Constitutional Convention 
organized. 

6. Steamship Knickerbocker, of N. Y., 
sunk on the Chesapeake. 

6. Steamer Potomac, of N. Y., burned 
off Cape Elizabeth. 

6. Gen. Terry's expedition sailed for 
Wilmington from Fortress Monroe. 



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Jan^ 1865. 



Jan. 7. Gen. Thomas appointed Blaj.- 
Gen. U. S. A., vice Fremout, resigned. 

7. Julesburg, Colorado Territory, at- 
tacked by Indians, who were defeated, 
after liilUng 19 soldiers and citizens, and 
destroying much properly. 

7. Hon. F. P. Blair left for Richmond, 
on a self-constituted Peace mission. 

8. Gen. Butler relieved from command 
of the xVrmy of the James. 

8. Steamer Venango captured and 
burned by guerrillas on the Mississippi 
river. 

8. The steamship Melville foundered 
at sea ; over GO drowned. 

8. Gen." Terry's expedition arrived off 
Beaufort, N. C. 

9. Picket line of Second Division A. C 
Potomac army attacked. 

10. Rebel storehouses, &c., at Char- 
lotte, N C , burned. 

11. Foraging party on Jerusalem 
Plank Road, Va., repulsed by bush- 
whackers. 

11. Beverley, W. Va., captured and par- 
tially burned by Gen. Rosser. 200 Fed. 
soldiers captured. 

11. Gov; Thomas Swan, of Md., inau- 
gurated. 

11. H. S. Foote arrested by rebel au- 
thorities while attempting to escape from 
Richmond. 

13. Missouri declared a Free State. 

13. Disembarkation of troops to attack 
Fort Fisher. 

14. A reconnoissance pushed within 500 
yards of Fort Fisher, and small work 
captured. . 

14. Gen. Sherman recommences move- 
ment from Savannah. 

14. Pocotaligo, S. C, captured by Fed. 
Gen. Blair. 

14. Slavery abolished by Tcnn. State 
Convention. 

14. Steamship Rebecca Clyde sent from 
N. Y. with relief for Savannah. 

15. Gens. Sherman, Sheridan, and 
Thomas confirmed Maj.-Gens. U. S. A. 
and Gen. Hancock, Brig.-Gen. U. S. A. 

15. Rebs. defeated at Dardanelle, Ark. 

15. Grand assault on Fort Fisher, 
■which is captured with entire garrison. 
Union loss 110 killed, 530 wounded. Reb. 
loss 2,500 prisoners, 73 guns. 

1»). Fort Fisher magazine explodes, 
Tvith great loss of life. 

IG. Rebels blow up and abandon Port 
Caswell and works on Smith's Isl., N. C. 

16. S. S. Cox's Peace Resolution tabled 
by House. 

16. Reb. Congress debate question of 
Peace. 



16. Mr. Blair returns from Richmond. 

16. The m<mitor Patapsco sunk by a 
rebel torpedo in Charleston Harbor. 60 
of the officers and crew were lost. 

17. Steamers Chickamauga and Pa- 
tapsco blown up by rebels. 

18. Gen. Ord placed in command of 
the Army of the James. 

18. Smithville, N. C, captured. 

18. The Harriet Lane, rebel vessel, de- 
stroyed at Havana. 

18. 200 of rebel Gen. Forrest's cavalry 
ilefeated, 10 miles from Columbus, Ky. 

18. Gen. Terry appointed Maj.-Gen. 

19. Fatal explosion at Hazard Powder 
Mills. 

19. Gen. Schofield captured Fort An- 
derson, the main defence of Wilming- 
ton. 

20. Rebel Secretary Scddon resigns. 
20. Gen. Schofield fighting on this and 

ne.\t day at Wilmington. 

31. Rebel Gen. Roddy pardoned by 
Pres. Lincoln. 

23. Wilmington captured by Gen. 
Schofield ; rebels retreat towards Golds- 
boro'. 

23. Rebel Gen. Hood superseded by 
Dick Taylor. 

23. Charles A. Dana appointed Assis- 
tant-Secretary of War. 

24. Rebel ironclads attempt descent of 
the James ; are driven back, and the Vir- 
ginia blown up. 

24. U. S. Foote expelled by the rebel 
Congress. 

24. The Smithsonian Institution de- 
stroyed by fire. 

25. Mr. Blair returns from Richmond, 
his Peace Mission having failed. 

Reb. Gen. Lee appointed General- 
in-Chief by Jeff. Davis. 

26. Steamer Eclipse explodes her 
boiler on the Tennessee, killing 140 per- 
sons. 

26. The steamer Dai Ching attacked by 
rebels on the Combahee river ; gets 
aground, is abandoned and burned. 

.'6. Emancipation Acts of Missouri and 
Tennessee celebrated in New Orleans. 

26. Part of the 75th Ohio captured by 
treachery. 

27. Gen. Robert E. Breckinridge ap- 
pointed rebel Secretary of War. 

38. Rebel House resolves to arm ne- 
groes. 

38. Valley Station, Omaha, attacked 
by Indians ; 13 men killed and 650 head 
of cattle stolen. 

30. Messrs. Stephens, Campell and 
Hunter enter Union lines as Peace Com- 
missioners. 



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OHBONOLOOT. 



30. Jackson Burroughs, a Treasury 
clerk, shot by Miss Mary Harris. 

ol. The Anti-Slavery Constitutional 
Amendment passed by House, 19 to 50. 

Feb. 1. Secretary Seward leaves for 



7. Kilpatrick's cavalry drives rebels 
from Blackville, S. C. 

7. Constitutional Amendment ratified 
by Maine. 

7. Rebel Senate votes against arming 



Fortress Alonroe to meet rebel Comuiis-jnegroes 
sioners. 7. 225 rebel prisoners at Camp Chase 

1. Sherman's whole army in motion 'it; fuse to be returned to the rebel army 
for Savannah. jby exchange. 

1. Constitutional Amendment ratified! 8. ()ccu[)ation of Branchville, S. C 
by Maryland House and Illinois. 8. Lieut. Cusliing, with 15 men, cap- 

2. President Lincoln proceeds to meet tures Sliallotte, N. C. 

rebel Commissioners. | 8. Ohio, Minnesota and Kansas ratify 

2. Constitutional Amendment ratified Ccmstitutional Amendment. Delaware 
by Michigan and Rhode Island ; also by! refuses. 
New York Senate. [ 8. The electoral vote for President and 

2. Julesburg, Omaha, fort attacked byjVice-President counted in the House of 
Indians, and station burned. _ jRepresentalives, the result being 213 

3. Midway, Ivy., robbed and partially j votes for Lincoln and Johnson, and 21 
burned by guerrillas. Ifor McClellan and Pendleton. 

3. Slierinan's advance crosses the Salk-j 8. Gieat fire in Philadelphia, com- 



ehatchie river. 

3. Constitutional Amendment ratified 
by Massachusetts, West Vii'ginia and 
Pennsylvania; also by New York Assem- 
bly and Maryland Senate. 

4. Failure of the peace negotiations. 
President Lincoln and Secretary Seward 
return to Washington. 

4. Rebels flanked at Branchville by 
Gen. Sherman. 

4. Lieut. Cushing with 4 boats and 50 
men takes possession of All Saints, on 
Little river, S. C, capturing a large 
amount of cotton. 

4. Great battle at Mud Springs, Mo., 
between Col. Livingstone and 2,000 In- 
dians, who are defeated with loss. 

5. The New York pilot-boat Favorita 
sunk by collision at sea. 

5. Rebels driven from rifle-pits at 
Rowauty creek, Va., by 5th Corps ; and 
the 2d Corps advance to Hatcher's Run. 
Severe fighting at both places. Repulse 
of rebels. 

6. Harry Gilmer, the notorious guer- 
rilla, captured ne;vr Moorfield, Va. 

6. Constitutional Amendment ratified 
by Missouri. 

6. Severe fight at Dabney's Mills. The 
rebels driven back, but in their turn force 
bacic Crawford's division, to be again fin- 
ally driven back. Casualties in 5lh Corps, 
in 2 days, 500. In the 2d Corps, 750. 

6. Jelfer.<on Davis makes a great war 
speech at Richmond. 

6. Gen. Ord assigned to command De- 
partment of Virginia. 

6. 3 blockade runners captured at 
Galveston by Ensign French. 

7. Rebels attack the 5th Corps, and are 
repulsed. 



in petroleum oil warehouse. 47 
5 destroyed, and about 15 persons 



mencini 
buildin^j 
burned. 

9. A large force of Indians at Mud 
Springs again defeated by Col. Living- 
ston. 

10. Constitutional Amendment ratified 
Iby Indiana. 

10. Rebels repulsed from Fort Meyer, 
iFla. 

I 10. Gen. Gillmore resumes command 
Department of Uie South. 

10. Gen. Grierson confirmed Major- 
General by Senate. 

10. Gen. Sherman's troops occupy 
James Island, 2 miles from. Charleston. 

11. Gen. Terry advances towards Wil- 
mington, N. C, and enaiagcs rebel works. 
Rebel loss, 100. Fed-.'^GO. 

11. Wheeler defeated by Kilpatrick at 
Aiken, S. C. Feds, occupy the town. 

11. Gen. Lee assumes command of the 
rebel armies. 

11. Gen. Terry commences his advance 
toward Wilmington. 

1:3. Louisiana House ratified the Con- 
stitutional Amendment. 

15. Destruction of Charlotte Iron Fur- 
nace, on Water Lick creek, by 1st and 
Gth Michiiran cavalry. 

15. F. W. Smith, a Boston merchant, 
fined $25,000 for frauds on government. 

16. Slayery Constitutional Amendment 
ratified by Nevada. 

17. Charleston evacuated by rebels, 
who burned vast quantities of stores, 
&c. ; an explosion of powder kills 200 
persons. 3 rebel ironclads blown up. 

17. Columbia, S. C, captured by Gen. 
Sherman. 
17. Rebel flair of truce boat, William 



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THE WAR FOK THE UNION, 



Marcli. 1865. 



Allison, Diown up by rebel torpedo oni 1. The Constitutional Amendment re- 
the James river. jected by N. J. House. 

Feb. 17. Charlotte, N. C, crowded; 1. Lovelaceville, Ky., robbed by guer- 
by rebel refugees and placed under mar- rillas. 
tial law. j 1. Gen. Bailey starts on a cavalry raid 

17. Pres. Lincoln ordered an extra ses-Trom Baton Rouge. 
sion of Congress, to couimence March 4. 2. Siicridan captures nearly the whole 

17. Louisiana Senate ratifies the Con- force of Early, consisting of 1,800 men 
Btitutional Aniendmunt. jrind 11 guns, between Charlottesville and 

18. Charleston occupied by Union Staunton. 



forces. 200 pieces of artillery and mucl 
ammunition captured. 

18. Gen. Lee calls upon rebel House 
for negro soldiers. 

ll«. Gen. Schoficld and Admiral Por- 
ter capture Fort Anderson, N. C, aflei 
severe bombardment. Fed. loss, 30. 

20. Gen. Cox routs rebels 4 miles from 
"Wilmington, N. C. 

20. Repulse of rebel attack on Fort 
Myers, Fla. 

21. The rebels evacuate Wilmington 
at night, after burniug cotton, resin, &c 

21. Gens. Crook and Kelly captured 
in their beds at Cumberluid, Va. 

21. Wisconsin ratifies the Constitu- 
tional Auiendment. 

21. Bridgeport, Ky., almost destroyed 
by fire. 

22. Gen. Schofield occupies Wilming- 
ton. 

• 22. Constitutional Amendment rejected 
by Kentucky. 

22. Georgetown, S. C, surrenders. 

23. Capture of Cauiden, S. C. 

23. Gen. Johnston appointed to com- 
mand troops. operating against Sherman. 

23. A passenger train from Nashville 
captured b}"^ guenillas. 

24. Columbia, S. C, burned. 

25. Fatal explosion at Dupont's Pow- 
der Mills, at Wilmington, Del. 

26. 20 guerrillas captured in Ky., tried 
by drum-head court martial, and shot 
about this date. 

27. Siieridan moved from Winchester 
with 10,000 men. 

27. Hic;kman, Ky., robbed and partly 
burned by guenillas. 

27. Flagship Arizona burned at New 
Orleans. 

28. Six hundred million loan bill passed 
by House. 

28. Lord Lyons resigns as British Min- 
ister to Washington, and is succeeded by 
Sir Frederick Bruce. 

28. Admiral Th.itcher takes command 
of the West Gulf Squadron. 

March 1. Sheridan secures the bridge 
over the Shenandoah at Mt. Crawford. 

1. The 600,000,000 loan bill passed by 
beuate. 



2. Steamer James Watson sunk with 
.government stores on the Miss. 30 lives 
iost. 

3. Skirmish between Sherman's cav- 
dry and that of Wade llampion. The 
rebel Col. Aiken killed. 

3. Occupation of Cheraw, S. C, by 
Sherman's advance. 

3. Close of the 38th Congress. 

3. Charlottesville, Va., captured by 
Sheridan. 

3. Ten soldiers killed by train on the 
Opelousas railroad. 40 wounded. 

4. Reinauguration of Pres. Lincoln. 

4. U. S. transport steamer Thorne 
blown up by a lor|)edo in Cape Fear riv. 

4. Parscm Brownlow elected Governor 
of Ttnn. 

4. Rebels worsted at Natural Bridge, 
Fla. 

G. Expediticm up the Rappahannock. 
Captufe of 400 prisoners and 9.j tons of 
lol)acco at Fredericksbiu-g. Extensive 
contraband trade broken up. 

7. Hugh McCulloch confirmed Secre- 
tary of the Treasury, succeeding Hon. 
W. P. Fessenden. 

7. Five i)ersons killed by collision on 
the C;inulen & Amboy R. R. 

8. Sherman at Laurel Hill, N. C. 

8. The rebel Senate passes the negro 
eulistmenl bill. 

8. Engagement between Cox and 
Bragg 4 miles from Kinston, N. C. 
Bragg captures a large number of pris- 
oners ami 3 i)ieces of artillery, but is ul- 
timately driven back. 

8. The passport restrictions to Canada 
removed. 

y. A transport, with 2,000 Union 
troops, enters Mobile Bay through 
Grant's Pass. 

9. Steamboat Munroe captured by 
rebels on the Big Black river. 

9. Senator Harlan confirmed Sec. of 
the Interior, vice Mr. Usher, resigned. 

10. Jelierson Davis' fast day celebrated 
by the rebels. 

10. Gen. Sheridan at Columbia, Flu- 
vanna Co., Va., 50 miles west of Rich- 
mond. He reports having destroyed all 
the locks for a considerable distance on 



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CHEONOLOaT. 



the James river canal, an immense num- 
ber of bridi^es, many miles of railroad, 
mills, factories, and vast quantities of 
merchandise ; also, having captured 1"^ 
canal boats, U pieces of artillery, and an 
abundance of pr(»vlsions. 

10. Desperate attempt of Bragg to 
break the National lines at Kinston, N 
0. The rebels lose 1,'200 kilh'd and, 
wounded, and 400 prisoners. 2,0:)0 rcb . 
captured from March 8 to 10. The en- 
tire Union losses about 1,000. 

10. Gen. Lee urges the worlc of raisin 
and organizing negro troops. 

10. Gen. Sionemin, with 4,000 men, 
starts on a cavalry raid from Kuoxville, 
Tenn. 

10. Engagement between the cavalry 
forces of Wade Hampton and Ivilpalrick 
near Fayetteville, N. C. Nearly all the 
members of Kilpalrick's slafT captured. 
Tlie rebels finally beaten back, and most 
of the ofHcers recaptured. 

11. E.\.tra sesious of the U. S. Senate 
closed. 

11. Sheridan at Reaver Mills Aque- 
duct, 20 miles north of Kichmond. 

11. Hoke's division of rebels reimlsed 
at Kinston. Loss, over 2,000. Union 
loss. oOO. 

11. 21 Union vessels la sight of Mobile, 
Ala. 

11. Sherman arrives at Fayetteville. 
Reports having captured at Columbia, 
S. C, 43 pieces of artillery; at Cheraw, 
S. C, 25 pieces, and 3, GOO barrels of gun- 
powder ; at Fayetteville, N. C, 20 pieces, 
and large quantities of ammunition. 

12. O.'cupation of Kinston by Scho- 
field. The rebels throw many pieces of 
artillery into the river, and burn the ram 
Neuse. 

12. Gen. Stoncman at Wytheville, 
Chriansburg, and Salem, Va. 

13. Sheridan tears up the railroad be- 
tween Richmond and lIanov<!r. 

15. Fight at Brandenburg, Ky., be- 
tween a small Union garrison and a party 
of rebels. 

15. Sheridan reports having rendered 
useless the James river canal as far as 
Goochland. 

16. Rebels blow up Fort Hell, at Pe- 
tersburg, with little effect. 

16. Sue Monday (Jerome Clark), the 
notorious guerrilla, hung at Louisville. 

16. Lieut.-Com. Eastman destroys 3 
rebel schooners in Matto.x Creek, Va. ; 
large stocks of tobacco, guns, ammuni- 
tion captured. 

16. Fight at Averasboro', N. C, (20 
miles north of Fayetteville), between a 



portion of Sherman's army and the rebs. 
under Hardee. Unioi) loss, 74 killed, 477 
wounded. Rebel loss, 327 killed and 
wounded, and ;i73 prisoners. 

17. Mr. Bigelow succeeds Mr. Dayton 
as Minister to France. 

17. Mohawk Valley inundated. Im- 
mense damage to property. 

17. Formal notice of the termination 
of the R ciprocity Treaty given by Mr. 
Adams to the British government. 

17. Gen. Cauby's movement against 
.Mobile commences. Porticms of the 
13tli and 23d corps in moti(m. 

17. Gen. Wilson leaves Nashville with 
15,000 men on a cavalry e.vpeditiou into 
Central Ala. and Gil 

18. Joe Johnston attacks Sherman's 
advame at Bent(mville, captures 3 guns, 
and drives it back on main body. 

18. Reb. Congress adjourns in a pania 

18. Gen. Sheridan's advance reaches 
White House, on the Painunlv' y river. 
His entire loss during the raid 50 men 
and 3 olTicers. 

19. The rebel Congress issue a des- 
pairing appeal to the people. 

19. Engagement at Bentonville, N. C, 
between Gen. Sherman and Gen. John- 
ston. Repulse of the rebels. Union 
loss, 1,016. Rebel loss, 167 dead, 1,625 
prisoners. 

19. The rebel schooner Anna Dale, in 
Matagorda Bay, cut loose from under 3 
rebel batteries and burned. 

20. Gen. Stoneman's expedition moves 
from E. Tenn., and p;isliing io Salisbury, 
defeats Gardiner, capturing 14 guns and 
l,3(il: prisoners. 

20. Gen. Steele's forces leave Pensacola, 
Floridiu 

21. Goldsboro', N. C, occupied by 
part of Schotield's army. 

21. Johnston retreats at night from 
Bentonville, leaving his wounded. 

21. The rebels tianked and overpow- 
ered at Mount Olive, N. C. 

21. Roddy's division of Forrest's cav- 
alry routed by Gen. Wilson's forces at 
.Mari(m and Plantcrsville. 

22. Sheru»an forms juQCtiou with 
Schofield at Goldsbo."o'. 

22. McDougal's gang of Ky. guerrillas 
broken up west of Paducah. He and 20 
others killed. 

22. Gen. Wilson moves from Chicka- 
saw, Ala., tovvard rebel Gen. Forrest. 

22. Passenger train on Nashville rail- 
road burned by Harper's guerrillas. 16 
persons woimded. 

24. Sheridan moved from White 
House toward Petersburg. 



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THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 



April, 1865. 



Mar. 25. Ciipture of the Union Fort 
8tetlin:in, of Gen. M(;Lauu;iilin and 500 
men, in front of Petersbiu% by 3 reb. tli- 
visons nn'ler Gordon. Tlioy are driven 
ont aiiain by Gen. Ilirtrauft, with a lo.^^s 
of l.T.'iS prisoners, and total loss of 2,500. 
Total Union loss about 1,500. 

25. Assault on the rebel lines by the 
2d and Gth corps. The first line of thel 
rebel works captured and lield. 

25. Eni^as^enient between the Union 
cavalry and the G;h and 8tli Ala. cavalry 
at Mitchell's Creek. The re'iel General 
Canion, with 275 men, captured. 

25. Robert C. Kennedy, the rel)el spy 
and incendiary, Iuiu'j: at Fort Lafayette. 

2(i. Judge Radclitl'e, of Madison Co., 
Ark., hunii; by rebels near his own home. 

20. Sheridan's cavalry reaches City 
Point. 

27. Sherman visits Grant at City Pt. 

27. Spanish Fort and Fort Blakcly, 
Mobile, invested by Union troops. ■ 

27. Boone, N. C, captured by General 
Stonenian. 

27. Gen. Getty's division, of the 6lh 
corps, attacked iiy 400 reb. sharpshooters. 
Rei)ulse of the rebels. 

27. Sheridan's cavalry takes position 
in Gregg's old cavalry camp, on the left 
and rear of Grant's army. 

27. Portions of the 24th and 25th corps 
cross the James to join Meade's army. 

28. The monitors Milwaukee and 
Osage sunk by torpedoes in Mobile Bay. 

29. Tlie St. Albans raiders are released 
at Montreal. 

29. Giant's army in motion. 

29. Sheridan's command makes a de- 
tour to Dinwiddie C. H. Occupation of 
the town. Further advance on the 
Boydton Road. 2 corps of the infantry 
(2d and 5th) thrown across Hatcher's 
linn, the former on the Vaughan road, 
tlie latter on the llalilax road. Battle 
of Quaker road, near Gravelly Run, be- 
tween Bushrod Johnson's rebels and the 
5lh corps. Rebels retire. Loss, 500 on 
each side. 

30. Tiie 3 armies before Petersburg, 
after severe skirmishing, confront each 
oilier their whole length. 

30. A railway train robbed and burned 
by guerrillas near Cumberland, Va. 

31. Gen. Warren attacked the enemy 
at White Oak road, but, after severe 
fighting, is forced back to his 3d divis- 
ion. The rebels are driven back with 
lieavy loss, and White Oak road gained. 
Sheridan captures Five Forks, but is 
forced l)ack to Dinwiddie C. H. Fed. 
loss, 2,500 ; rebs. less. 



31. The transport Gen. Lyon burned 
off Ilatteras, over 500 lives being lost. 

April 1. Sheridan, reinforced by War- 
ren, drives rebels to Five Forks.'carries 
the position and captures over 5,000 
prisoners and all their artillery. Fed. 
ioss, 3,000. This night Davis flies from 
Richmond. 

1. Forrest defeated by Gen. Wilson at 
Ebenezer Church, Ala., losing 300 pris- 
oners and 3 guns. 

1. Boone, N. C, captured by Stone- 
man's advance. 

1. Hazard Powder Mills, at Canton, 
Conn., blew up. 

2. Rebel lines assaulted at Five 
Forks, and forced near Hatcher's Run ; 
then the main line carried, and two 
strong works commanding soutli of Pe- 
lersburu^ were captured. The rebels 
south of Petersburg were severely beaten, 
and fled toward the Appomattox. At 
uiglit, Lee evacuated Petersburg and 
Richmond, retreating toward Danville. 
Many thousands of prisoners were cap- 
tured by the Union forces on this day. 

2. Selma, defended by Forrest, cai> 
tured by Gen. Wilson, with 3,000 prison- 
ers, stores, &c. Forrest and Roddy taken 
prisoners. 

3. Gen. Weitzel, with his colored 
troops, enters Richmond. 

3. Richmond fired by rebels, and one- 
fourth of the city destroyed. 

3. Fed. cavalry pursue rebels 20 miles 
from Richmond, Va. 2,000 prisoners 
taken. 

4. Skirmishing by McKenzie's division 
with rebels at Bethany, Va. 

4. Tuscaloosa captured and destroyed 
by Gen. Wilson. 

4. The Harriet Deford captured by 
rebels on the Pawtuxet. 

4. President Lincoln holds a levee in 
Jetf. Davis' house at Richmond. 

5. Secretary Seward thrown from his 
carriage at Washington, breaking his 
arm and jaw. 

5. Lee is intercepted by Sheridan at 
Burkesville, Va. 

G. Lee is struck near Farmville, and 
gains partial success, but Sheridan de- 
feats him at Sailors' creek, capturing over 
G,000 prisoners, 16 guns, 400 wagons, «&c. 
Rebel Gens. Evvcll, Kershaw, Corse, and 
Cusis Lee captured. 

6. H. S. Foote returns to New York 
by the Etna. 

G. Hedges and Downes, guerrillas, ex- 
ecuted atjjouisville. 

6. J. L. Clinton, of Texas, robbed of 
$54,000 m gold by highwaymen. 



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CHRONOLOGY. 



7. Pursuit of Lee continued ; he crossed 
to the north of the Appomattox, and is 
constantly harrassrd. lie is attaclicd by 
the 2d corps at Farmville. Gon. Grant 
■writes him that escape is impossible, and 
proposes to receive his surrender. 

8. Lee replies, inquiring terms of sur- 
render. Sheridan makes more captures 
at Appomattox Station. 

8. Spanish Fort, Mobile, bombarded. 
The rebels evacuate at night. 

9. Gens. Grant and Lee meet at Appo- 
mattox Court House, and the rebel army 
of Northern Virginia, numbering 20,lir) 
men, is surreiuleri'd, with its arms and 
material of war, and the officers and men 
paroled. 

11. Mobile evacuated by the rebels. 

11. Engagement at Sumter, S. C, be- 
tween guerrillas and Union troops. 

11. Fort BlaUely, at Mobile, taken by 
assault, with oOO prisoners, and 33 can 
non. Rebel lo.ss in siege of Mobile, 500 
in killed and wounded. Union loss, 2,000. 

11. Lynchburg, Va., captured by Union 
scouting party. 

12. ]\lobile occupied by Union forces, 
12. Montgomer_v, Ala., surrenders to 

Gen. Wilson, with 2,700 prisoners and 
100 guns. 

12. A rebel force defeated at Grant's 
creek, near Salisbury, N. C, by General 
Sioneman. 1,400 rebels, and 14 cannon 
taken. 

13. Sherman pushes forward against 
Johnston and occupies Raleigh. 

13. The draft and recruiting ordered 
to cease. 

14. President Lincoln shot at Ford's 
Theatre, by .John Wilkes Booth, an 
actor. Secretary Seward attacked at his 
house, while in bed, and seriously wound- 
ed by another assassin, who also danger- 
ously wounded Mr. Frederick Seward. 

14. Correspondence opened between 
Sherman and Johnston on the latter's 
surrender. 

14. "Wilberforce University, Green Co., 
Ohio, burned. 

14. The anniversary of the capture of 
Fort Sumter celebrated by imposing 
ceremonies at the fort, and replacing the 
flag by Gen. Anderson. 

i5. President Lincoln died at 7:20 
o'clock, A. M , having remained insensible 
since his wound. 

15. Vice-President Andrew Johnson 
becomes 17lh President of the U. S. 

'• 16. Columbus and West Point, Ala., 
ca])tured by assault of Gen. Wilson. 
1,500 prisoners and 100,000 bales of cot- 
ton taken. 



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IG. 1,500 prisoners, 52 guns, 2 gun- 
boats and vast stores taken at Selma, and 
much railroad stock, &c. 

17. Capture of Mrs. Surratt and Lewis 
Payne. Edward Spangler arresicd, im- 
plicated in the murder of Pres. Lincoln. 

18. Sherman agrees to suspension of 
hostilities with Johnston. 

19. A. G. Atzeroth arrested near Ger- 
mantown, Md. 

19. Steamship blown up by torpedo in 
Dog river. 

19. Funeral of President Lincoln in 
Washington. 

20. Occupation of Macon, Ga.,by Gen. 
Wilson. Gens. Howell Cobb, Gustavus 
W. Smith, Robertson, ISIerccr, and Mc- 
Call, matle prisoners. 132 guns in posi- 
tion, and 200 in arsenals, with immense 
amounts of ordnance and stores cajitured. 

20. The War Department oilers !5;.-)0,000 
for the arrest of Booth, and s^^o.ooo each 
for the arrest of Atzeroth and Harold. 

20. Rebel Secretary Mallory surren- 
dered to the navy at Pensacola. 

21. Sherman's agreement with John- 
ston disapproved by the President. 

21. Proclamation of Gen. E. Ivirby 
Smith. He asserts his ability to continue 
the rebelU(m. 

22. Gen. Banks resumes command of 
the Gulf Department. 

22. The Constitutional Amendment 
ratitied by the New York Assembly. 

22. The Mississipi)i Scpiadron llagship 
Black Hawk burned at Mound City. 

22. Reception of the remains of Pres 
ident Lincoln at Philadeli)hia. _ 

23. Jetf. Davis leaves Charloite, N. C, 
for Georgia. 

23. The rebel ram Webb escapes past 
the Union fleet on the Red river ; is run 
ashore, deserted and blown up. 

25. A collision on the Potomac, occur- 
ring between the steamer Massachusetts 
and a barge ; many soldiers jump over- 
board in a panic, and 50 are drowned. 

R. B. Hamilton, steamer, sunk by 
torpedo near INIobile. 15 persons killed. 
20. Surrender of Gen. Johnston and 
his army, numbering about 27,500 men. 

26. Funeral ceremonies of Pres. Lin- 
coln in N. Y., and departure of his re- 
mains. 

26. John Wilkes Booth and David C. 
Harrold, discovered in a barn of Garrett's 
farm, near Fredericksburg, Va. Booth 
refuses to surrender, and is killed by 
Sergt. Boston Corbett, of the 16lh N. Y. 
cavalry ; Harrold surrenders. 

27. Railroad track near Charleston, 
S. C, torn up by guerrillas. 



THE WAK FOR THE UNIOIT. 



June, 1865. 



Apr. 28, Danville,Va., occupied by Gen. I 13. Enga^ment near Boco Chico be- 
Wright. 13 locomotives, 117 box cars, tween 400 Union troops under Col. Bar- 
ironwork, machinery, etc., were cap-jrett and 500 Coufed. cavalry under Gen. 
tured. ; Slaughter. This was the last engage- 

28. The boilers of the steamship Sul- meat of the war. Union loss, 70 men. 
tana, with 2,000 paroled soldiers, burst 12. Surrender of the rebelforces under 
near Memphis ; she then took fire ; over Gen. Wolford, in N. Ga., at Kim^stou. 



1,500 persons were burned to death or 
drowned. 

29. Pres. Johnson removes trade re- 
strictions over most of the south. 

29. Armistice agreed upon between 
Gens. Dana and Dick Taylor. 

30. The paroling of Gen Johnston's 
troops commenced at Greensboro' 

May 1. Reception of the remains of 
President Lincoln at Ciiicaijo. 

1. Surrender of 1,200 of Morgan's old 
comm md to Gen. ilobson, at Mt. Ster- 
ling, Ky. 

1. Tenn. Senate offer $5,000 reward 
for Ex-Gov. I. G. Harris. 

2. Surrender of Jeff. Thompson to 
Capt. iMitcIiell, U. S. N. 

2. Reward offered for the arrest of 
Jeff. Davis, J. Thompson, C. C. Clay, B. 
Tucl<er, G. N. S aiders and W. C. Cleary. 

4. Burial of Abraham Lincoln in Oak 
Ridge Cemetery, near Springfield, 111. 

' 4. Rebel Gen. Dick Taylor surrendered 
to Gen. Canby all the remaining forces 
west of the Miss. 

5. A train on the Ohio and Miss, rail- 
road, 14 miles from Cincinnati, captured 
by 20 guerrillas. 

9. Tlie Confederate Com. Farrand sur 
rentiers 12 vessels, and all his command 
to Commander Edward Simpson, fleet 
Captain t)f the West Gulf squadron, at 
Nanna Hubba lUuff. 

9. Pres. Johnson announces the war 
at an end, and rebel belligerent rights 
ceased. , 

9. Rebel Gen. Forrest disbands his 
troops, advising them to go home peace- 
ably. 

10. Tlie trial of Pres. Lincoln's assas- 
sins commenced. 

10. Jeff. Davis and the Confederate 
Postmaster, Gen. Reagan, captured at 
Irwin ville, Ga., by Lieut.-Col. Pritchard, 
commanding the 4lh Mich, cavalry. 

10. The Confed. Gen. Sam. Jones sur- 
renders his forces to a division of Gen. 
Wilson's cavalry, 

10. Surrender of Capt. Mayberry, com- 
manding the irregular bands of Confed- 
erates in Arkansas and Monroe Cos., 
Ark., at Pine Bluff 

11. A rebel camp at Palmetto Branch, 
Texas (15 miles above Brazos), captured 
and burned by Col. Barrett. 



13. R. M. T. Hunter, Ex-U. S. Senator, 
arrested for treason. 

13. Over 30,000,000 of tlie Seven-Thirty 
Loan subscribed for on this day. 

18. Dr. Luke P. Blackburn arrested at 
iMontreal for plotting to infect N. Y, and 
other cities with yellow fever, 

19. Jelf. Davis and his follow prisoners 
arrived at Fortress ]\Ionroe. 

20. Surrender of the ram Stonewall to 
the Spanish authorities in Cuba. 

22. Belligerent rights withdrawn, and 
all i)orts opened, but Texas, by Presi- 
dent's proclamation. 

23. The army of the Potomac, nearly 
100,000, passed in review at Washington, 
before the President. 

24. Capt. Mayburn, commanding all 
irregular bands of Confeds. in Jackson, 
Prairie, and White Cos., Ark,, surrenders 
at Diivall's Bluff, 

24. The main ordnance department at 
Mobile exploded, killing about 300 per- 
sons and wounding many others. The 
whole city injured by. the explosion. 

25. Forts Mannahasset and Grilhn, and 
the defences of Labone Pass, occupied 
by Rear- Admiral Thatcher. 

26. Surrender of Gen. E. Kirby Smith 
and his army (about 20,000). 

27. Military prisoners ordered released 
by tlie President. 

27. Sabine Pass forts surrendered to 
U. S. troops. 

29. Amnesty proclamation issued by 
President .Johnson. 

31. Brazil withdraws belligerent rights 
from the rebels. 

31. Rebel Gen. Hood and staff surren- 
dered. 

31. Gen. Sherman bade farewell to his 
army. 

June 1. Occupation of Brownsville, 
Texas. 

1. Day of humiliation and prayer on 
account of the murder of Pres. Lincoln, 

2. Kirby Smith and Magruder formally 
surrender their forces at Galveston. 

2. The British Government oflScially 
withdraws belligerent rights from the 
rebels. 

2. Occupation of Alexandria, La. 
Capture of 22 pieces of artillery'. 

3. The rebel ironclad Missouri, in Red 
river, surrenders to Com.W. E. Fitzhugh. 



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VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE CONFEDEEATE NATT. 661 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sot my hand and caused the seal 
of the Department of State to be affixed. Done at the City of Wash- 
ington, this 18ih day of December, in the year of our Lord 18135, 
and of the Independence of the United States of America the yOih. 
WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. 



LIST OF PEDEEAL VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. 

By thk Alabama. 

Xame of VesscU. Wltere from. Date of Capture.. Tonnage. 

Alert, bark. , New Loudon Sept. 9, 1802 iiOl 

Altaiiiaha, brig Sippioan St'pt 13, 1802 300 

Ainaixla, bark iManilla Oct. 0, 1803 595 

Amazonian, bark New York Juno 2, 1803 481 

A. 1\ Sohuiidt, ship.... St. Thomas July 2, 1803 784 

Ariel, steamer .New York... Dec. 7, 1802 1295 

Avon, ship Houland's Lsland Mar. 29, 1804 930 

Ji'n de Castine, brig Castine Oct. 29, 1802 207 

Beiij. Tucker, ship New Bedford Sept. 14, 1802 . 8l)0 

B. Thayer, sliip Callao Mar. 1, 1 803 896 

Brilliant, ship New York Oct. 3, 1802 839 

Charles Hill, ship Liverpool Nov. 25, 1803 099 

Chastelain, brig Guadaloupo Jan. 27, 1803 240 

Conrad, bark Montevideo June 20. 1803 347 

Contest, ship Yokahama Nov. 11, 1803 1098 

Corsair, schr . . .Provinoetown Sept. 13, 1802 2U0 

Crenshaw, schr New York Oct. 23, 1802 278 

Dorcas Prince, ship. .. .New York April 20, 1803 099 

Dunkirk, brig New York Oct. 1803 298 

E. Dunbar, bark New Bedford Sept. 18, 1802 300 

E. Faruham, ship Portsmouth Oct. 3, 1802 1119 

Emma Jane, ship Bombay Ian. 14, 1804 l096 

Express, ship Callao July G, 1803 1072 

Golden l^agle, ship Ilowland's Isl Feb. 21, 1803 1273 

Golden Kule, bark ... .New York Jan. 20. 1803 250 

Ilar't Spaulding. bark. .New York Nov. 18, 1803 299 

Hatteras, gunboat Galveston Jan. 13, 1803 800 

Henrietta, bark Baltimore I8b3 4^9 

Highlander, ship Singapore Dec. 20, 1803 1149 

Jabez Snow, sbip New York Mar. 25, 1803 1070 

John A. Park, sliip New York Mar. 2, 1803 1U50 

Ju8tina, bark Rio Janeiro May 25, 1803 400 

Kate Cory, brig VVestport April 15, 1803 125 

Kingfislier, schr Fairhavcn ^M ar. 23, 1803 125 

Lafayette, ship New York Oct. 23, 1802 945 

Lafayette, bark New Bedford April 15, 1803 300 

Lamplighter, bark New York Oct. 15, 1802 279 

Loretta, bark '.New York Oct. 28, 1802 284 

Levi Starbuck, ship.... New Bedford Nov. 2, 1802 370 

Louisa Hatch, ship Cardiff 1 803 835 

Manchester, ship New York Oct. 11,1802 1U75 

Martha WenzcU, bark. . Akyab Aug. 9, 1803 578 

Jdurtaban, ship Maulmain Dti^. 24, 1803 SW? 



562 THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 

JVams of Fesidi. Wh^re from. Dale of Capture. Tbnnntfr. 

Morning Star, ship Calcutta Mar. 23, 1863 1105 

Nora, ehip Liverpool Mar. 25, 1SG3 800 

Nye, bark New Bedford April 24, 1863 300 

Ocean Rover, bark Mattapoisett Sept. 8, 1862 760 

Ocmulgee, ship Kdgartovvn Sept. 6, 1862 . . . » 300 

Olive Jane, bark lioideaux Feb, 21, 1863 300 

Oneida, ship Shanghae April 24, 1863 420 

Palmetto, aehr New York Feb. 3, 1S63 172 

Parker Cook, bark Boston Nov. 30, 1HG2 130 

Punjanb, ship Calcutta Mar. 15, lHfi3 7()l) 

Ilockinghani, ship Callao April 23, 1864 976 

Sea Bride, bark New York Aug. 5. 1803 447 

Sea Lark, ship Boston May 3, 18S3 974 

S. Gildcrsloeve, ship Sunderland May 25, 1803 847 

Sonora, ship Singapore Dec. 26, 1863 707 

Starlight, schr Faval Sept. 7, 1862 205 

Talisman, ship Ne'w York June 5, 1863 1239 

T. K. ^Voo(], ship Calcutta Nov. 8. 1863 599 

Tonawanda. ship Philadelphia Oct. 9, 1862 1300 

Tycoon, bark Njw York 735 

Union Jack, bark New York May 3, 1863 300 

Virginia, bark New Bedford Sept. 17, 186;'. 300 

Washington, ship Callao Feb. 27, 18 3 1655 

Wave Crest, bark xNew York Oct. 7, 1862 409 

Weather Gauge, schr.. . Provincctowu Sept. 4, 11S62 200 

Winded llaccr, ship. . . .Manila Nov. 10, 1863 1767 

By the Shenantoah. 

Abi-'ail, bark New Bedford ; . . .May 25, 1865 375 

Adelaide, bark Boston Oct. 13, 1864 437 

Alina, bark ..Newport, Eng Oct. — 1864 470 

Brunswick, bark New Bedford June — 1865 226 

Catharine, bark New Bedford Juno 26, 1865 226 

Charter Oak, schr Boston Oct. — 1864 140 

Congress 2d, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 375 

Covington, bark Warren, R. i June 28, 1865 300 

Delphine, ' bavk London Jan. 13, 18('>5. . . . ; 698 

D. Godfrey, bark Boston Dec. —,1864 299 

Edward, bark New Bedford Dec. 4, 1.^64 420 

Edward Cary, bark San Fi-anciaco April 1, 1865 370 

Euphrates, ship New Bedford June 21, 1865 597 

Fat'orite, bark Fairhaven June 28, 1865 360 

Gen. Pike, bark New Bedford June 22, 1865 425 

Gen Williams, ship New London June 25,1865 469 

Gipsy, bark New Bedford June 26,1865 390 

Harvest, bark Ilonelulu April 1, 1865 350 

Hector, ship New Bedford April 1, 1865 

Hillman, ship New fJedford June 27, 1865 600 

Isabella, bark New Bedford June 27, 1865 394 

I. Howlund, ship New Bedford June 28, 1865 900 

James Maury, bark. . . New Bedford June 28, 18(.5 400 

Jireh Swift, bark New Bedford June 23, 1865 3(iO 

Kate Prince, ship Cardiff Nov. 12, 1864 9'.)7 

Lizzie M. Stacv. schr. . . Boston Nov. 13, 1864 140 

Martha 2nd, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 298 

MiJo, ship New Bedford June 28, 1865 500 

Nassau, ship New Bedford June 28, 18G5 450 



VESSELS OAfTURED BY THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. 563 

Kav%f. pf Vessdi. WhTi from. DaU of Caplnre. Tonnage. 

Nile, bark New London June 22, 18G5 380 

Nimrod, l)ark New Bedford June 25, 1805 340 

Pearl, bark New I-ondon April 1, 1805 275 

Sophia Tliornton, ship. .New Bedford June 23, 18o5 400 

Susan Abigail, bark San Francisco June 23, lcS(i5 159 

Susan, brig San Francisco June 4, 18G5 

Waver ley, bark New Bedford June 28,1805 450 

W. Thompson, ship.... New Bedford June 22, 1805 600 

Wm. C. Nyo, bark Saa Francisco Juno 2G, 1805 388 

By the Florida. 

Aldebaran, schr New York Mar. 13, 1863 187 

Anglo Saxon, ship Liverpool Aug. 21, 1803 868 

Arabella, brig Aspinwall Jan. 12, 1863 291 

B. F. Iloxie, ship Mazatlan June 10. 1863 1387 

Clarence, brig Bahia — ' 1863 253 

Commonwealth, ship. ..New York April 17, 1803. 1245 

Corris Ann, brig Philadelphia Jan. 22, 1803 235 

David Lapslcy, bark Sombrero — 289 

Electric Spark, str New York July 10, 1864 1400 

Estella, brig Manzanilla Jan. 17, 1803 300 

F. B. Cutting, ship Liverpool Aug. 6, 1863 796 

Geo. Latimer, schr Baltimore May. 18, — 198 

Gen. Berry, bark New York July 10. — 409 

Golconda.Wk Talcahuana July 8, 1804 331 

Greenland, bark Philadelphia July 9, 1804 549 

Ilar't Stephens, bark. . . . Portland 500 

J. Jacob Bell, ship Foochow Feb. 12, 1803 1382 

Kate Stewart, schr Philadelphia June — , 1803 387 

Lapwing, bark Bo-ton Mar. 27, 1803 590 

Mary Alvina, brig Boston June — , 1803 206 

M. A. Schinler, schr Port Royal June 12, 1803 299 

Mary Y. Davis, schr Port Koyal July 9, 1804 270 

M. J. Colcord, bark New York Mar. 30, 1803 374 

Mondamin, bark Rio Janeiro... ..Sept., 1804 386 

Red Gauntlet, ship Buena Vista May 20, 1803 1038 

Rienzi, schr Provincctown July 7, 1803 95 

Southern Rights, ship . . . Rangoon Aug. 22, 1 S()3 830 

Sou'hern Cross Boston June 0, 1803 938 

Star of Peace, ship Calcutbi Mar. 6, 1803 941 

Sunrise, ship New York July — , 1803 1174 

Tacony, bark Port Royal June 12, 1803 296 

Varnum II. Hill, schr. . .Provincctown June 27, 1802 90 

Wm. B. Nash, brig New York July 8, 1863 299 

Wm. C. Clark, brig Machias, Me June 17, — 338 

Windward, brig Matanzas Jan. 22, 1803 199 

Zealand, bark New Orleans June 10, 1804 380 

Bt the Sumter. 

Abbie Bradford, schr. . . July 25, 1801 180 

Albert Adams, brig Cuba July 5,1801..., 192 

Alvarado, bark Cape Town June — , iHOl 299 

Arcade, schr Portland Nov. 20, 1801 122 

Benj Dunning, brig Cuba July 5, 1801 284 

B. F. Martin, brig Philadelphia June 16, 1801 293 

California, bark St. Thomas 1801 299 

Cuba, brig New York July 4,1861 199 





1801 , 


800 


6, 


18G1 


468 


4, 


1802 


250 


6, 


1801 


390 




1861 , 


.. .. 150 




18 2 


322 




1801 , 


290 




1861 , 


.... 189 




1801 


549 


3, 


IKOI 


650 


6, 


1861...... 


429 




1801 , 


460 



664r THE WAR FOR THE UNION". 

Name of TexitU. Where from. DaU of Capture, limnage. 

D. Trowbridge, schr New York Oct. 27, 1861 200 

E ben Dodge, bark New Bedford Dec. 8, 1861 !!!.*.' .1222 

Glen, bark Philadelphia July, 18Gl! !!.'...!! '. 287 

Golden Kocket, ship Havana July 13, 1^*61 603 

Henry Nutt, schr Key West Aug., 1861 ..'..'. 235 

Jos. Maxwell, bark Philadelphia July 27, 1861..". 295 

Joseph Parks, brig Pernambuco Dec. 25, 1801 3(K) 

J. S. Harris, ship Cuba - 

Louisa Kil ham, bark. . .Cienfuegos July 

Machias, brig July 

Naiad, brig July 

N. «. base, schr New York Sept., 

Neapolitan, bark Messina Feb., 

Ocean Eagle Rockland Feb., 

Santa Clara, brig Porto Rico Feb., 

Sebasticock, ship Liverpool Feb., 

Vigilant, ship New York Dec. 

"West AVind, bark New York July 

W. S. Robbing, bark. . . .Arroya June, 

By the Tallahassee. 

Adriatic, ship London Aug. 12, 1863 998 

A. Richards, brig Glace Bay, C. B Aug. 11, 1863 240 

Arcolo, ship New Orleans Nov. 3. 1803 063 

Atlantic, sclir Addison, Me 240 

Bay State, bark Alexandria. Va Aug. 11,1803 199 

Billow, brig Calais, Me! Aug. 10, 1803 173 

Carrie Estolle, brig Machias, Me Aug. 11, 1804 200 

Castiue, ship Callao Jan. 25, 1803 902 

Coral W re ith, brig — Aug. 11, 1803 200 

Etta Caroline, str — Aug, 10, 1803 175 

Flora Reed, .schr — Aug, 15, 1803 150 

Glenavon, bark Glasgow Aujr. 13, 1803 795 

Goodspeed, schr Boston Nov. 2, 1H04 280 

Howard, bark — Aug. 15, 1804 598 

Jas. Littlcfield, ship Cardiff Aug. 14, 1804 599 

J. II. Ilowon, schr Gloucester Aug, 14, 1804 81 

L. Dupont, schr Wilmington, Del Aug. 13, 1864 194 

Magnolia, schr — Aug. lo, 1804 170 

Mercy Howe, schr Chatham Aug. 15, 1864 143 

N. America, schr Connecticut — 1804 95 

P. C. Alexander, bark. .New York — 1804 284 

Pearl, frchr — Aug. 10, 183 

Rasselas, schr Boothbay, Me Aug. 23, 1863 •. . . 9o 

Roan, brig Salisbury Aug. 20, 1804 127 

S. A. Boyce, schr Boston Aug. 11, 1864 220 

Sarah Louisa, schr — 1804 61 

Spokane, schr Calais, Me Aug. 12, 1804 120 

By the Tacony. 

Ada, schr..* Gloucester June 23, 1863 90 

Arabella, brig Gloucester June 12, 1803 200 

Archer, schr Gloucester June 24, 1863 loO 

Byzantium, ship London .June 10, 1863 1048 

J^lizabeth Ann, schr. . . .Gloucester June 22, 1863 100 

Florence, schr Gloucester June 22, 1803 200 

Goodspeed, bark Londonderry June 23, 1863 629 



VESSELS OAFniRED BY THE CONFEDERATE NATT. 



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1861. 
1861. 
1861. 
1801. 
1801. 
1861. 

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1861. 
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Albion Lincoln, bark. 
Emma L. Hull, bark. . 
Mark L. Potter, bark. 



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1804. 

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100 
200 
150 

io;j 

849 
106 
125 



Isaac Webb, ship Taverpool June 20, 1803 1300 

L. A. Mtiuoinbcr, schr. . .N'lauk June 2(», 18()3 100 

Marengo, sehr (jlouccster .Tune "'"• iS'"' '""^ 

Kipjile. schr Gloucester June 

llufus Choate Gloucester June 

Shattcmuc. ship Liverpool June 

Umpire, brig Laguna June 

Wanderer, schr Gloucester June 22, 1863. 

J3y the Clarenck. 

A. H. Partridge, schr. . .Gloucestei: June 7, 1803. 

C. Cushing, cutter Portland June 24, 1803. 

Whistling Wind, bark.. .Philadelphia Juno 6, 1863. 

By the Sallie. 

Betsey Ames, brig .. ..Cuba Oct. — 1861, 

Grenada, brig Neuvitas Oct. 13, 1861. 

By the Georgia. 

Bold Hunter, ship Dundee Dec. 9, 

City of Bath, ship Callao .June 28, 

Constitution, ship Philadelphia June 2o, 

Crown Pomt, ship New York May 15, 

Dictator, ship Liverpool April 25, 

Geo. Griswold, ship. . . .Cardilf June 18, 

Good Hope, bark Boston June 22, 

John Watt, ship Maulmain Oct. 

J. W. Seaver, bark Boston June 22, 

Prince of Wales, ship. . .Callao July 10, 

By the Jeff Davis. 

D. C. Pierce, bark Remedios June, 

Ella, schr Tampico 

Enchantress, schr Boston July 16, 

Jno. Crawford, ship. . . . Philadelphia -Aug-j 

John Welsh, brig Trinidad July 10, 

Rowena, bark Laguayra June, 

S. J. Waring, achr .... New York July 10, 

W. McGilvery, brig. . . . Cardenas July? 

By the Winslow. 

Herbert, schr Jnne 18, 

Itasca, brig Neuvitas Aug. 4, 

Mary Alice, schr Porto Rico .July, 

Priscilla, schr Curacoa July, 

Transit, schr New London July 15, 

By the Chickamauga. 

.Portland Oct. 29, 

.Cardenas Oct, 31, 

.Bangor Oct. 30, 

Shooting Star, ship New York Oct. 31, 

By the Olustee. 

A. J. Bird, schr Rockland Nov. 3, 

Empress Teresa, bark. . Rio Janeiro Nov. 1. 

E. F. Lewia, schr Portland .Nov. 3, 

T. D. Wagner, brig Fort Monroe Nov. 3, 

By the Retribution. 
Emily Fiaher, brig St. Jago, Mar. 18G3 , 



. 100 
. 150 
, 349 

. 205 
. 255 

. 797 
. . 79 
.. 97 
. 1053 
,1293 
,1280 
. 436 
, 947 
, 340 
. 9G0 

, 306 
. 92 
, 200 

\ 275 

, 340 

372 

198 

100 
300 
181 
144 
195 

237 
492 
400 
947 

178 
31 G 
197 
390 

230 



THE WAR FOR THE UNIOJT. 

l^am" of r^.i-h. Wh^rffrom. Date of CkiplKre. Tonmye. 

Hanover, schr Boston Jan. 31, 1863 200 

J. P. Eilioott,brig Boston Jan. 10, 18G3 *.".'.'. 2l'l 

By the St. Nicholas. 

Mary Pierce, schr Boston July 1, 18G2 192 

Margaret, schr June 29, 1802*. *. '. *. *. '. *. *. *. '. 2u6 

Alouticello, brig Rio Janeiro July 1, 18G2 3U0 

Bt the Calhoun. 

John Adams, schr Provincetown May, 1801 100 

Mermaid, schr Provim.etown May, 1801.!.'.".'.'.*,'.'.* 200 

Panama, brig Provincetown , . . May 29, 1861 ," . . . ." .' .' .' ." .' 153 

By the Nashvillk. 

Ilarvoy Birch, ship. .. .Havre Nov. 19, 1862 800 

R. Gilailan, schr Philadelphia Feb. 26, 1862 240 

By the Boston. 

Lenox, bark New York June 12, 1863 370 

Texana, bark New York June 12, 1863 588 

By the Savannah. 

Joseph, brig Cardenas June 15, 1861 171 

By the Lapwing. 

Kate Dywer, ship Callao June 17, 1863 1278 

By the Echo. 

M. E. Thompson, brig July 9, ls62 210 

Mary Goodcll, schr July 9, 1862 200 

By the York. 

G. V. Boker, schr Galveston Aug. 9, 1861 100 

By the Conrad. 

Santce, ship Akyab Aug. 5, 1863 898 

By the Tuscarora. 
Living Age, ship Akyab Sept. 13,1863 1193 

Miscellaneous. 

A. B. Thompson, ship. .Savannah May. 19, 1861.... 800 

Alleghanian, ship Baltimore Oct. 21, 1802 1142 

Alliance, schr Philadelphia Sept. 1863 190 

Boston, tug June 9, 1863 100 

Chesapeake, steamer . . . New York Dec. 7, 1863 460 

Golden Rod, schr Holmes' Hole Sept. 1863 130 

Hannah Balch, brig Cardenas .July 6, 1862 149 

Harriet Lane, gunbt Galveston Jan, 11, 1803 325 

James I,. Gerity Matamoros Oct. 1863 90 

J. R. Watson, schr New York July 13. 1801 200 

Lydia Francis, brig June 15, 1862 262 

Pearl, schr Moriches 1802 183 

Protector, schr Cuba June, 1801 200 

Sea Bird. Kchr Philadelphia 1863 200 

Sea Witch, schr Baracoa 1861 95 

Union, schr ;.. .Brtltimore Deo 5, 1S62 115 




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